The study reveals that 30.4% of business leaders consider these disruptions a direct threat to their cash flow sustainability, while 43% report a clear deterioration in their profit margins. Industry, trade, transport, and merchant services rank among the most exposed sectors.

Diesel emerges as the main friction point in the distribution system.

Identified by more than two-thirds of surveyed executives as the most difficult resource to secure, this fuel powers not only road freight but also the backup generators essential given the failings of the national power grid. 


To maintain operations in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, over half of economic actors have had to absorb higher operating costs, driven by the forced reliance on informal supply channels. These logistical constraints translate into a continuous degradation of value chains. Nearly 46% of surveyed entities report slowdowns or partial shutdowns of their production lines.


Meanwhile, delays in goods delivery and the paralysis of staff mobility disrupt the execution of commercial contracts, damaging relations with clients and suppliers.

The scarcity of petroleum products fuels the emergence of a speculative parallel market. The DGE indicates that 62.7% of operators denounce clandestine resale practices and systematic price gouging. 


This dysfunction stems from a failure to anticipate import volumes, the volatility of international prices, but above all from bottlenecks in the strategic logistics corridor linking the port of Pointe-Noire to the political capital.


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