
Business in Kinshasa (DR Congo)
Transport and Foreign Trade 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
Democratic Republic of the 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, transport, tourism,
construction and services
- Kinshasa: 85% of the Congolese GDP
- Large manufacturing companies such as Marsavco, All Pack
Industries and Angel Cosmetics are in the city centre (Gombe) in Kinshasa.
Logistics and Transportation in the DR Congo
- 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
- Ndjili International Airport and N'Dolo Airport (domestic)

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)

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Kinshasa
- Masters: Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa
- Doctorate in African Business

More information: Trade and Business in the DR Congo, at EENI Global Business School Website.

- 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

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.
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