DR Congo PM inaugurates data center built by Huawei

STORY: DR Congo PM inaugurates data center built by Huawei SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 2, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:24 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the data center for the DRC's Financial ministry 2. various of the ribbon-cutting ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): ZHAO BIN, Chinese ambassador to the DRC 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): SAMA LUKONDE KYENGE, DRC Prime minister 5. various of the DRC PM cutting ribbon and visiting the data center for the DRC's Financial ministry STORYLINE: Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Sama Lukonde Kyenge on Thursday inaugurated a data center at the Ministry of Finance, a project built by the Chinese tech giant Huawei. Before cutting the ribbon for the data center, the first of its kind in the country, the Congolese prime minister in his remarks praised this project by saying that it demonstrates cooperation between the DRC and China, as the data center will play an important role in the DRC's social progress.

DR CONGO-KINSHASA-DATA CENTER BUILT BY HUAWEI-INAUGURATION

DR CONGO-KINSHASA-DATA CENTER BUILT BY HUAWEI-INAUGURATION

(231102) -- KINSHASA, Nov. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Congolese Prime Minister Sama Lukonde Kyenge (L) and Zhao Bin, Chinese ambassador to the DRC, attend the inauguration ceremony for a data center in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Nov. 2, 2023. Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Sama Lukonde Kyenge on Thursday inaugurated a data center at the Ministry of Finance, a project built by the Chinese tech giant Huawei. (Xinhua/Shi Yu)

Kyenge, Italy's ex-integration minister

Kyenge, Italy's ex-integration minister

ROME, Italy - Cecile Kyenge, Italy's minister for integration until February 2014 and the country's first black cabinet minister, poses for photos in November 2013.