 Business in Bukavu, South Kivu (DR Congo)
Foreign Trade and Business in Bukavu, South Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Doing Business in Bukavu (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Masters and Doctorates in Global Business
Bukavu is the capital of the South Kivu province, West of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Central Africa)
- Population of Bukavu: 807,000 inhabitants
- The growth rate of the
population of Bukavu increased incredibly in 2002 due to the massive influx
of people from Goma after the Nyiragongo eruption.
- Bukavu is an important Logistics hub.
- Bukavu is on south-western coast of the Lake Kivu, West of Cyangugu (border) in Rwanda.
- Communes of Bukavu: Bagira, Ibanda and Kadutu
- Elevation of Bukavu: 1.498 metres
- Climate of Bukavu: tropical mountain
- Kahuzi-Biéga National Park
- Main religion in Bukavu: Christianity
- Archdiocese of Bukavu
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Transport and Logistics in Bukavu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Bukavu is an important regional
transport hub.
- National
Route n° 2, Kisangani-Bukavu-Goma
- Kalundu - Bukavu Route
- National Route (Rwanda) 3b:
Butare (Lake Kivu, border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo-Rwanda, route to Bukavu)
- Access to the Port of
Mombasa (Kenya) and
to the Port of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
- Access to the ports of the Lake Tanganyika of Bujumbura (Burundi) and Kalundu-Uvira
- Kigoma - Dar es Salaam
Railway
- Bukavu Airport

African
Transport Corridors:
- Lagos-Mombasa Corridor
- Central Corridor
Distances from Bukavu to:
- Kinshasa:
2,277 kilometres (38 hours)
- Lubumbashi: 1,349 kilometres (21 hours)
- Mbuji-Mayi: 983 kilometres (16.5 hours)
- Kisangani: 644
kilometres (10 hours)
- Kananga: 1,168 kilometres (20 hours)
- Goma: 221 kilometres (5 hours)
History of
Bukabu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- The Bukavu region was the territory of the Kingdom of Bashi (Bushi)
- 1901: occupation of Bukavu by the Belgians
- 1927: Costermansville
- 1952: Bukavu
South Kivu province
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
- Capital of the South Kivu province: Bukavu
- Population of the South Kivu province: 5.8 million inhabitants
- Area: 65.070 square kilometres
- Largest cities of the South Kivu province: Bukavu, Baraka and Uvira
- The city of Minova, experienced an exponential growth from 1994
to 2012 with a constant influx of refugees after the Rwandan genocide
and the Congo wars
- Main languages: French and Kiswahili
- Neighbouring provinces of South Kivu: North Kivu, Maniema and
Tanganyika
- Borders of the South Kivu province: Rwanda,
Burundi and Tanzania
- Main economic activities of the South Kivu province: agriculture, trade and livestock
- Four energy plants
- Oil and methane gas fields on Lake Kivu
The 8 territories of the South Kivu province are:
- Fizi (15.788 square kilometres)
- Idjwi (281 square kilometres, Island of the Lake Kivu)
- Kabare (1.960 square kilometres),
- Kalehe (5.126 square kilometres)
- Mwenga (11.172 square kilometres)
- Shabunda (25.116 square kilometres)
- Uvira (3.148 square kilometres)
- Walungu (1.800 square kilometres)
Higher Education in Bukavu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
The Francophone University Agency (AUF)
has a Francophone digital campus in Bukavu.
- Official University of Bukavu
-
Catholic University of Bukavu
Universities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bukavu, República Democrática del Congo
Bukavu, République démocratique du Congo
Bukavu, República Democrática do Congo
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