MAKUTANO
If we don't,
who will ?
Makutano is the DRC’s and the economic subregion’s premier business platform. Its strategic importance cannot be overstated.
Only Makutano allows key players to actively accelerate economic transformation, while opening the doors to cross-border partnerships. Through Makutano, the power of the region's collective intelligence is being harnessed for the first time to create robust and sustainable value.
In short, Makutano is an African led response to the economic challenges of the Congo and the sub-region, and a gateway to major international partners.
Major Partners #Makutano8
THE STORY OF A MEETING.
Makutano was founded in 2015 based on an undeniable observation: the growth potential of this exceptional region is hampered by limited interaction between the various players in the Congo's economic ecosystem. For Nicole Sulu, Makutano's founder, the solution lies in:
- "Makutano", meaning meeting and intersection in Swahili, was designed to respond to this core need by:
- A sharing of issues.
- A co-writing of solutions within a platform of active engagement capable of transcending sectoral, competitive, and geographical boundaries, of rethinking thought and collective action. In short, the solution lies in a « Makutano » (meeting, intersection in Swahili).
From June 2016, 150 congolese leaders met at the Sultani Hotel in Kinshasa. They were joined a few months later by nearly 350 from their counterparts in different sectors and the sub-region. Today, Makutano brings together more than 600 active members through a business network driven by a new generation of innovative leaders, with more than 250 contracts concluded within three years.
The annual Makutano forum, on the other hand, constitutes the an essential economic event of the region, which regularly brings together heads of state, ministers, African and international investors, media and high-level influencers.
CEO’s and Directors at the annual Makutano Forum
Leaders Active Members of Club Makutano
contracts concluded in 3 years within the network
editions of the Makutano Forum since 2016
THE IMPACT OF A VISION.
By inviting the driving forces of the DRC's and sub-region's economic ecosystem to engage in dialogue, pool their expertise and knowledge, forge innovative partnerships, and define new frameworks for understanding and action, Makutano is repositioning the African leadership at the heart of the development equation and local and regional champions facing their responsibilities.
Why ? Because they have expertise, the experience, the essential resources to implement a shared vision. Because Africa cannot remain merely a potential force. Because leaders must play their role and cannot delegate it.
It is up to them to to drive, illuminate, co-create the individual and collective successes of their continent.
This is what we mean with our brands’ signature :
IF WE DO NOT, WHO WILL ?
If we do not do it, who will ? We, Congolese, Africans, we, business leaders, heads of state, opinion leaders, we, entrepreneurs and investors.
THE STRENGTH OF A PLACE.
Makutano is anchoring its project in a strategic location, the DRC.
The Congo is indeed a true a summary of Africa and its challenges, with its exceptional and diverse wealth, ripe for conversion into collective prosperity, the DRC is the second largest country in Africa, the fourth most populous on the continent, the world's leading producer of cobalt and coltan, and Africa's leading producer of copper. A territory with immense hydroelectric potential, sharing nine borders with countries in East, Central, and Southern Africa, the DRC has the potential to become a formidable accelerator of regional economic transformation.
So it is up to Kinshasa and from the promotion of congolese local content that Makutano intends to conduct a reflection regional scope.
THE GRAVITAS OF A LEADERSHIP.
Who are the Makutano champions ?
These are proven leaders and leaders in the making from the private and public sectors, civil society and the diaspora, not forgetting the legislature. Emblematic figures in their industries and/or agents of change, they are putting themselves forward. active listening mode and participatory dialogue to generate recommendations both innovative and pragmatic.
3 FIELDS OF ACTION.
The actions of Makutano are organised around 3 key pillars: Business, Collective Economic Intelligence and Influence.
BUSINESS
INFLUENCE
