Empow’Her: PHC’s Ambitious Program to Promote Women’s Economic Empowerment
Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) has launched an ambitious women’s empowerment program called Empow’Her. This initiative aims to strengthen the economic independence and leadership of women, both within the company and in the rural communities surrounding PHC’s operational sites in the provinces of Mongala, Équateur, and Tshopo. The Empow’Her program is built around three […]
Africa Debate 2025 – PHC Shows What’s Possible: Turning DRC’s Agricultural Potential into Reality
London, United Kingdom, July 2, 2025 — During a high-level panel on unlocking Africa’s agricultural potential, Monique Gieskes, CEO of Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), addressed the most pressing question facing the Democratic Republic of Congo’s agriculture sector: What is the single greatest constraint to scaling industrial agriculture in the DRC? Monique Gieskes spoke […]
Modernization of Yambenga Port: PHC’s Significant Contribution to the Socioeconomic Development of Mongala Province
Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) officially inaugurated the modernized Yambenga Port on Friday, June 20, 2025. Located in the Bopoto groupement, Bumba territory, Mongala Province, this strategic infrastructure will strengthen the company’s logistics chain while boosting the region’s socioeconomic development. The fully modernized Yambenga Port is part of PHC’s efforts to optimize its industrial […]
PHC Facilitates Access to Education in Rural Areas by Inaugurating a School in Yaosiko, a Village in Tshopo Province
In Tshopo Province, the village of Yaosiko, located in the Bolombo 1 groupement, now benefits from a school with modern infrastructure. This new establishment is a real relief for the community’s students, who until now attended classes in precarious conditions: bamboo classrooms partially coated with clay and covered with thatched roofs. Lessons were frequently disrupted […]
The communities of Bongulu in Mongala Province now have access to Clean Water thanks to PHC
In rural areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, access to safe drinking water remains a daily challenge. Every day, thousands of families travel long distances to reach water sources that are often unsafe due to the lack of proper infrastructure. It is within this context that PHC recently inaugurated a new borehole in […]
Monique Gieskes, PHC’s CEO, Recognized in Africa for Outstanding Leadership
Casablanca, February 22, 2025 – Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), CEO, Monique Gieskes is this year’s awardee of the “Special African Business Leadership Commendation” from the African Leadership Magazine, in recognition of her outstanding leadership and unwavering commitment towards driving PHC’s transformation. A Prestigious Distinction Recognizing Bold and Inspiring Leadership Following a rigorous and […]
PEA Awards: Chairman of Kuramo Capital Management and PHC’s Majority Shareholder, Wale Adeosun feted “Limited Partner Person of the Year, Africa”
London, United Kingdom, November 20 – Adewale Adeosun, Chairman and CEO of Kuramo Capital Management, the majority shareholder of Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), has been named as « Limited Partner Person of the Year, Africa », at the 2024 Private Equity Africa Awards in London, United Kingdom. Whilst accepting the award in London, which is […]
PHC’s response to the farmlandgrab.org of 04 April 2024
The company Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) is participating in a mediation between the company and the communities surrounding its operational sites organized by the Independent Complaint Mechanism (ICM) of the European development banks DEG (Germany) and HMO (The Netherlands), following a complaint filed by the NGO RIAO on behalf of the communities of […]
PHC Welcomes Our Investors to Lokutu
If you only had 24 hours at PHC’s beautiful Lokutu site, what would you be able to see? During a visit from our investors on December 8-9, PHC showed our guests that the answer is: everything! In just one short day, the investor delegation―which included our majority shareholder Kuramo Capital as well as visitors from […]
PHC Commits to Building & Renovating Homes for Staff
One of PHC’s key responsibilities as an employer is to provide decent, safe, and secure housing to all of our workers. The company currently owns 3,480 staff houses, all built between the 1930s and 1980s. While many PHC workers and their families have relied and continue to rely on this housing, there has historically been […]