After more than fifty years of colonization , the second largest country on the
African continent became independent in 1960.
Hydroelectric potential: 100,000 Megawatts, representing:
23% of the world potential;
37% of the African potential;
52% of Africa’s reserves.
80 million hectares of arable land and 4 million hectares of irrigable land of which only 10% is currently exploited;
Large expanses of grazing land with the capacity to raise more than 40 million head of cattle;
Fishing potential of 700,000 tons of fish per year;
6% of Africa’s oil reserves, of which:
Coastal basin: (5992 km2, Central Congo Province);
Central Sedimentary Basin: (800,000 km2), with 32 blocks, not yet allocated.
Basin of the Western Branch of the East African Rift.
Copper-Cobalt-Zinc vein; Diamond vein; Nickel-Chromium vein; Tanner and Accompanying vein; Gold vein(current mineral resources estimated at ± 750 tons of gold); Bauxite and Phosphate vein; Iron-Manganese vein;
Road network of 145,000 km, only 3,000 km paved;
Railway network of 5,033 km to be totally rehabilitated;
Maritime, river and lake network of 16,238 km to be marked, dredged and exploited;
270 airport platforms to be rebuilt;
Internal market of about 90 million inhabitants;
17 commercial banks,
1 Savings Bank of Congo;
79 Savings and Credit Cooperatives
2 specialized financial institutions.
