Jonas Gerding
@JonasGerding
journalist | business, energy and the environment in the Congo Basin I part of @weltreporter I board @j_network | +49 176 842 933 38 | de, en, fr, pt
The DRC is mapping out 55 areas for oil exploration in the country’s entire Central Basin, a vast region with peatlands and tropical rainforests. A previous auction failed after a lack of interest and criticism of environmentalists.
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The DRC is in talks with Gentry Beach, a Texan businessman allied to Donald Trump over rights to the Rubaya coltan mine. The area is currently under occupation by Rwandan backed M23 rebels. ft.com/content/91a66f…
US company Anzana invests in a $760 million hydropower project at the Ruzizi river at the Rwanda DRC border. Energy will be produced for both countries. A positive signal amid US lead peace talks. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
End of last year, we spent a week with MONUSCO in North Kivu and Ituri for a 30 min documentary. "Sake is the key to Goma", said the force commander at the frontline with M23 in Sake. Two months later, it fell into the hands of the rebels. And so did Goma. youtube.com/watch?v=nmcj3l…
reportages de @JonasGerding sur la #paix, #cacao et le #chocolat #virunga dans le territoire de #Beni dans la province du #NordKivu où l’armée ougandaise (UPDF) et les Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo (FARDC) luttent contre l’insécurité, notamment contre les…
According to JA, Moise Ekanga is one of Kabila's close allies orchestrating his political comeback in Goma. Ekanga has long been coordinating the infamous minerals for infrastructure deal between the DRC and China. Tshisekedi worked on its renogatiation. jeuneafrique.com/1694379/politi…
While the DRC and the USA are working on a minerals deal, US private equity group Denham Capital sells its stake of the world’s third largest tin mine to an Abu Dhabi company. ft.com/content/3baf7a…
All quite on the eastern front. At least for the moment, the Congolse army and M23 are avoiding confrontations around Lubero. We traveled there and spoke with the military governor in Beni dw.com/en/dr-congo-an…
While expectations are high in Kinshasa that a peace deal between the DRC and Rwanda will be signed this Friday, Reuters reports that both countries will just “submit separate drafts of a peace agreement”, paving the way for deal “in about two months” reuters.com/world/africa/u…
DRC wants to build its first battery factory with Californian company Lyten. It will produce lithium-sulfur batteries, therefore not using the output of country’s vast cobalt mines, typically needed for lithium-ion batteries. 7sur7.cd/2025/04/29/lou…
The DRC wants to triple its cocoa production until 2030 – but farmers struggle with the implementation of certification schemes needed to export in line with the upcoming European Union Deforestation Regulation, @MUKALENGM reports fr.mongabay.com/2025/04/reglem…
KoBold, a mining start-up backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos ist “betting big” on DRC, recruiting staff, planning to apply for licences to explore lithium, copper and cobalt ft.com/content/3c5859…
After Australian company Fortescue failed to develop the 40GW “Grand Inga” dam, Congolese government representatives are trying to attract private investors in the USA for the creation of the much smaller “Inga 3” project with capacities or around 11GW zoom-eco.net/economie/assem…
Massad Boulos, US Senior Advisor for Africa, mentions a potential minerals deals with Rwanda – under the condition that the country withdraws its troops from neighbouring DRC and stops its support for M23 bbc.com/news/articles/…
A few comments on how the pope's death is seen in the DRC, Cardinal Ambongo as a potential candidate to proceed Pope Francis and revival churches challenging catholicism youtube.com/watch?v=HZ-hLN…
DRC's Virunga National Park has celebrated its 100th anniversary in the most difficult of times. According to its director, around half of its area is under threat of non-state armed groups actualite.cd/2025/04/22/100…
Guess who’ll fill the gap if the USA will add tariffs, cut aid and close embassies in Africa ? semafor.com/article/04/21/…
Pope Francis in Kinshasa, January 2023. Today, DRC's capital is mourning the death of the head of the Catholic church, who has repeatedly denounced the war in the country's east, criticizing foreign interference.
