IMF / GEORGIEVA DRC VISIT

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has just completed her first trip to Africa since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic with a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday and Thursday. IMF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:15
• Production Date: 9 December 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND - IMF
• Subject Topical: ECONOMY
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
• MAMS Id: 2695630
• Parent Id: 2695630
• Alternate Title: unifeed211209h

Description

STORY: IMF / GEORGIEVA DRC VISIT
TRT: 1:15
SOURCE: IMF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 08-09 DECEMBER 2021, KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Shotlist

08-09 DECEMBER 2021, KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

1. Wide shot, Presidential palace exterior
2. Various shots, arrival of IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva
3. Tracking, Georgieva walking up stairs to hug DRC President Felix Tshisekedi
4. Various shots, Tshisekedi and Georgieva speaking in office
5. Wide shot, Georgieva leaving Presidential palace
6. Med shot, Georgieva arriving for working lunch with DRC Finance Ministry officials
7. Various shots, Georgieva in working lunch with DRC Finance Ministry officials
8. Various shots, Georgieva and IMF delegation meeting with financial officials

Storyline

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has just completed her first trip to Africa since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic with a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday and Thursday (8-9 Dec).

Georgieva met with President Felix Tshisekedi to discuss the DRC’s economic issues on Wednesday. During a press conference she praised the DRC’s growth prospects as a bright spot on the continent.

The Congolese economy is expected to grow 5.4 percent this year and 6.4 percent in 2022, she announced at a news conference in Kinshasa after meeting President Tshisekedi.

That is faster than the IMF’s forecast for Sub-Saharan African growth of 3.7 percent this year and 3.8 percent in 2022.

Georgieva also met with newly appointed Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde and other officials Wednesday.

She concluded her visit to Kinshasa with meetings with civil society organizations and women entrepreneurs Thursday before departing to Dakar, Senegal for the concluding leg of her visit to Africa.