Brazzaville welcomed over 3,000 delegates for the AfDB’s 61st Annual Meetings, focused on funding Africa’s development in a fractured world.

A severe fuel shortage has gripped Brazzaville for days, snarling transport, emptying pumps and pushing drivers toward costly black-market sellers.

From May 25 to 29, Brazzaville hosts the African Development Bank’s Annual Meetings, drawing heads of state, finance ministers and investors to shape Africa’s growth.

Abu Dhabi Ports will start building a $200 million terminal at Pointe-Noire in 2028, partnering with CMA-CGM to modernize Congo-Brazzaville’s main port.

Congo-Brazzaville’s Agriculture Ministry hosted a first-ever inflation forum in Brazzaville, mapping price drivers as inflation eased to 2.07% in December 2025.

AD Ports Group commits over $236 million to develop Pointe-Noire’s East New Mole terminal, operated under Noatum Ports, boosting Congo’s standing as a Central African shipping hub.