Business in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

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Doing Business in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Masters and Doctorates in Global Business

Kinshasa (the «Salt market» in Kikongo) is the political, economic, cultural and administrative capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Central Africa)

1. Kinshasa is the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 17 million Kinshasans
   1. 13% of the population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
   2. Kinshasa is the third largest African City (after Cairo and Lagos)
   3. Population in 1950: 200,000 Kinshasans
   4. Population in 970: 1 million Kinshasans
   5. Kinshasa-Brazzaville Agglomeration
2. Kinshasa is on the southern bank of the Congo River (Malebo Pool) in front of Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo)
3. Main economic activities in Kinshasa: food processing, construction and services
4. Kinshasa: 85% of the Congolese GDP
5. Kinshasa is an important logistics centre in Central Africa
   1. Port of Kinshasa:
      1. Navigation on the Congo River (Kinshasa and Kisangani)
      2. Access to the Port of Matadi
   2. Matadi-Kinshasa railway links Kinshasa with Matadi, the Atlantic port of the Congo
   3. Congo-Ocean Railway
   4. Transport and Logistics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
6. Large manufacturing companies such as Marsavco, All Pack Industries and Angel Cosmetics are in the city centre (Gombe) in Kinshasa.
7. Ndjili International Airport and N'Dolo Airport (domestic)

More information: Business in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at EENI Business School & HA University Website.

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1. Administrative Status: city and province
2. Area of Kinshasa: 9,965 square kilometres
3. Gombe (93,000 inhabitants) is a commune in the north of the Kinshasa province
   1. Gombe is the business district of Kinshasa
   2. Headquarters of large institutions and embassies
4. Main spoken languages in Kinshasa: French, Lingala (Kinshásá, lingua franca), Kikongo and Tshiluba
5. Main religion of Kinshasa: Christianity
6. 1881 - 1966: Leopoldville (Henry Morton Stanley)
7. First inhabitants: Bantu (Teke and Humbu)
8. Kimbanguiste Symphonic Orchestra

Professor of the EENI in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Albert Bialufu

Distances from Kinshasa to:

1. Lubumbashi: 2,288 kilometres (36 hours)
2. Mbuji-Mayi: 1,295 kilometres (21 hours)
3. Kananga: 1,134 kilometres (19 hours)
4. Kisangani: 2,513 kilometres (40 hours)
5. Bukavu: 2,277 kilometres (38 hours)
6. Goma: 2,697 (46 hours)

The historian Elikia M'Bokolo was born in Kinshasa.

History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Higher Education in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Foreign Trade and Business

1. University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN)
2. American University of Kinshasa
3. Central University of Kinshasa
4. Catholic University of the Congo
5. University Cardinal Malula
6. Free University of Kinshasa (ULK)
7. Protestant University of the Congo (UPC)
8. University of Technology of the Congo
9. National Pedagogical University (UPN)
10. University Simon Kimbangu
11. University Kinshasa Binza
12. Pan-African University of the Congo
13. University William Booth (UWB)
14. Bel Campus Technology University
15. Kinshasa Oil and Gas University (IPG)

Universities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Francophone University Agency (AUF) has a Francophone digital campus in Kinshasa.

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