Business in Kinshasa (DR Congo)
Foreign Trade and Business in Kinshasa, 85% of the Congolese GDP (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Kinshasa (the «Salt market» in
Kikongo) is the political, economic,
cultural and administrative capital of the
DR Congo (Central Africa)
- Kinshasa is the largest city of the DR Congo: 17
million Kinshasans
- 13% of the population of the DR Congo
- Kinshasa is the third largest African
City (after
Cairo and Lagos)
- Population in 1950: 200,000 Kinshasans
- Population in 970: 1 million Kinshasans
- Kinshasa-Brazzaville Agglomeration
- Kinshasa is on the southern bank of the Congo River (Malebo Pool)
in front of Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo)
- Main economic activities in Kinshasa: food processing,
construction and services
- Kinshasa: 85% of the Congolese GDP
- Kinshasa is an important logistics centre in Central Africa
- Port of Kinshasa:
- Navigation on the Congo River (Kinshasa and Kisangani)
- Access to the Port of Matadi
- Matadi-Kinshasa railway links Kinshasa with Matadi, the Atlantic
port of the Congo
- Congo-Ocean Railway
-
Transport and Logistics in the DR Congo
- Large manufacturing companies such as Marsavco, All Pack
Industries and Angel Cosmetics are in the city centre (Gombe) in Kinshasa.
- Ndjili International Airport and N'Dolo Airport (domestic)
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- Administrative Status: city and province
- Area of Kinshasa: 9,965 km²
- Gombe (93,000 inhabitants) is a commune in the north of the Kinshasa
province
- Gombe is the business district of Kinshasa
- Headquarters of large institutions and embassies
- Main spoken languages in Kinshasa: French, Lingala (Kinshásá,
lingua franca), Kikongo and Tshiluba
- Main religion of Kinshasa: Christianity
- 1881 - 1966: Leopoldville (Henry Morton
Stanley)
- First inhabitants: Bantu (Teke and Humbu)
- Kimbanguiste Symphonic Orchestra
Distances from Kinshasa to:
- Lubumbashi: 2,288 kilometres (36 hours)
- Mbuji-Mayi: 1,295 kilometres (21 hours)
- Kananga: 1,134 kilometres (19 hours)
- Kisangani: 2,513 kilometres (40 hours)
- Bukavu:
2,277 kilometres (38 hours)
- Goma:
2,697 (46 hours)
The historian Elikia M'Bokolo was born in Kinshasa.
History of the DR Congo
Higher Education in Kinshasa
- University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN)
- American University of Kinshasa
- Central University of Kinshasa
- Catholic University of the Congo
- University Cardinal Malula
- Free University of Kinshasa (ULK)
- Protestant University of the Congo (UPC)
- University of Technology of the Congo
- National Pedagogical University (UPN)
- University Simon Kimbangu
- University Kinshasa Binza
- Pan-African University of the Congo
- University William Booth (UWB)
- Bel Campus Technology University
- Kinshasa Oil and Gas University (IPG)
Universities in the DR Congo
The Francophone University Agency (AUF)
has a Francophone digital campus in Kinshasa.
Kinshasa, RD Congo
Kinshasa, RD Congo
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