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An aerial view of construction work on the Kinshasa financial center in the Gombe district of Kinshasa on October 5, 2023. The people of Kinshasa cannot believe the speed at which a Turkish company has built an imposing financial complex in the heart of the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, more accustomed to major Chinese projects than to these new builders of the African continent. In February 2022, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made an official visit to the DRC, his umpteenth trip to Africa. Under his leadership, Ankara has invested a lot on the continent over the past two decades, to develop diplomatic but also economic ties. (Photo by Arsene Mpiana / AFP) (Photo by ARSENE MPIANA/AFP via Getty Images)