The Luxembourg–DRC Chamber of Commerce is accelerating its structuring. In March 2026, it made two moves that clarify its roadmap: the appointment of seven ambassadors on March 13, followed by the appointment, on the 30th, of Carlos Komlanvi Ketohou, a Togolese national, as a special advisor in charge of communication strategy and development. Two close decisions, one logic: expanding its network, strengthening its visibility, and asserting its position in the Europe–Africa economic corridor.
Created to facilitate exchanges between Luxembourg and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Chamber aims to position itself as an interface between companies, investors, public institutions, and private partners. Its stated role: facilitate connections, support project structuring, and make more visible a cooperation that is still young but with great potential, between a Luxembourg financial expertise recognized place and a DRC in search of investments and economic transformation.
The appointment of seven ambassadors is part of this influence strategy. The selected personalities — Doris Pembe Lemlin, Nancy Braun, Christophe Grosnickel, Karin Lenertz, Martine Haagen, Slim Soukni, and Alain Balanzategui Schmit — are intended to serve as intermediaries in economic, institutional, and associative circles. The goal is clear: gain credibility, open doors, and establish the Chamber in networks useful for its deployment.
But perhaps the most structuring signal came on March 30 with the appointment of Carlos Komlanvi Ketohou. A sociologist, graduate journalist from ESJ, development manager, and member of the BNI Luxembourg business network, he is presented as a connoisseur of sub-Saharan African socio-economic ecosystems, geopolitical balances, and the Luxembourg business world. By placing him in this position, the Chamber is not only improving its communication: it aims to better organize its actions, strengthen its coherence, and develop a more solid projection capacity in the long term.
