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Kinshasa chooses intriguing Swiss partner Adex Platform to boost its diamond sector

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Teit Ritzau, CEO of Adex Platform, Louis Watum, the Congolese minister of mines, and Godard Motemona Gibolum, director-general of FOMIN, at the signing of an agreement aimed at reviving the cutting, polishing and trading of Congolese artisanal diamonds, in Kinshasa, on 29 June 2026.
Teit Ritzau, CEO of Adex Platform, Louis Watum, the Congolese minister of mines, and Godard Motemona Gibolum, director-general of FOMIN, at the signing of an agreement aimed at reviving the cutting, polishing and trading of Congolese artisanal diamonds, in Kinshasa, on 29 June 2026. © Ministère des mines de la RDC/Facebook

The firm was selected to help revive diamond cutting and trading in Greater Kasai, but the decision is being questioned, especially in Antwerp, where industry players are pursuing a different strategy with the DRC.

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