Copyright in DRC: Nyoka Longo announces general meetings in September

Kinshasa, August 7^th, 2025 (CPA). – The ordinary general meetings of the Congolese Society for Copyright and Related Rights (Socoda) are scheduled for September 2025, has announced the board of directors of this cooperative of creators of intellectual works in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a statement made on Friday in Kinshasa.  « Following its meeting held on Wednesday, August 6th  2025 at its headquarters, the board of directors of the Congolese Society for Copyright and Related Rights (Socoda Coop-ca) wishes to inform you of the following: in accordance with the company’s statutes and in order to remain compliant with the law, the Board of Directors announces that the ordinary and extraordinary general meetings will be held in September 2025, » has declared Joseph-Roger N’Yoka Longo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the said company. This notice is addressed to all members of this company, the only legal body responsible for the collection and distribution of copyright royalties in DRC. “On this occasion, we invite all cooperative members to come to Socoda’s head office to complete the administrative formalities and regularise their files within seven (7) working days for cooperative members residing in Kinshasa and fifteen (15) days for those residing in the interior of the country and abroad, as evidenced by the postmark , » he has indicated. Created in 2011 with the aim of ensuring the collective management of copyright and related rights on behalf of Congolese creators, Socoda’s mission is to collect and distribute artists’ royalties in DRC. CPA/