The Investment Promotion Agency (API), placed under the supervision of the Ministry in charge of promoting the private sector, is a public administrative body with financial autonomy (Article 1 of Act no. 19-2012 of 22 August 2012 creating the Investment Promotion Agency). It is administered and managed by an Executive Committee and a General Management.

Under the supervision of the Management Committee, the Investment Promotion Agency is managed and run by a Directorate General.

Our Missions

• Implementing the government's investment policy through the following activities promoting and facilitating private investment;
• Helping to improve the business environment ;
• Develop and promote a brand image that will attract potential investors to the Congo

Our services

A.P.I. provides investors with the following services :

• welcoming, informing, assisting and supporting foreign and domestic investors and domestic investors throughout the stages of setting up investment projects;
• Assistance in obtaining the visas needed for foreign staff to stay in the Congo and the in the Congo and the authorisations required to implement investment programmes ;
• Support for the development of partnerships between Congolese and foreign companies ;
• supporting Congolese companies in expanding their activities ;
• supporting foreign investors in their search for and development of growth drivers in the Congo ;
• capacity building for companies ;
• organising economic and commercial events ;
• providing investors with reliable information on investment opportunities and other economic, commercial and technical data ;
• support in carrying out identification, feasibility, monitoring and evaluation studies for investment projects.