 Trade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa
Foreign Trade and Business in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa (Master)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) (Central Africa, Masters and Doctorates in Global Business)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a
Central African Country
- Kinshasa
is the political and administrative capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the largest Congolese city (9.3 million people)
- Kinshasa
has the largest African
River port
- Other Congolese cities are Lubumbashi, Mbuji-Mayi, Kananga, Kisangani,
Bukavu and Goma
- The nine Congolese socio-economic cities are Baraka,
Bandundu, Beni, Boma, Butembo, Likasi, Mwene-Ditu, Uvira and Zongo.
- Main Congolese economic activities:
- Agriculture: coffee,
wood (afromosia, ébène,
wengé) and rubber
- Mining: coltan (70% of the world's coltan), diamonds, cobalt, gold (10% of
the known world gold
reserves), iron ore, bauxite, nickel
- Oil exploitation
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo has one of the largest equatorial
forest areas in the world
- Political instability, lack of infrastructure
- Corruption problems
- Secession risks in Katanga
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo share borders with Angola(Cabinda), Burundi (233 kilometres), Uganda (877 kilometres), the Republic of the Congo, the
Central African Republic (Oubangui River in Bangui,
Zongo,
Bimbo, Mbaiki South-Ubangi), Rwanda (Gisenyi - Goma),
South Sudan,
Tanzania and
Zambia
- The Congo River delimits the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo
and the
Republic of the Congo
- Congo River (4,700 kilometres) is the second river in the world
by average flow
More information: Business in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at EENI Website.

Others names of the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
- Congo, RDC, DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa
- Repubilika ya Kongo Demokratiki in Kikongo
- Repubilíka ya Kongó Demokratíki in Lingala
- Ditunga dia Kongu wa Mungalaata in Luba-Katanga
- Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo in Swahili
- 1908 - 1966: Congo-Leopoldville
- 1971 - 1997: Zaire
Amini Kajunju (Congolese businesswoman)

- Congolese population: 78 million inhabitants
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the fourth most populous African Country (behind Nigeria, Ethiopia and Egypt)
- The RD Congo is the most populous French-speaking country
- 2025: 99 million Congolese
- Congolese Population density: 36 inhabitants/square kilometres
- Area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2,345,410 square kilometres
- The RD Congo is the second largest African Country (after
Algeria)

- The Democratic Republic of the Congo obtained the Independence from Belgium in 1960
- Calling code of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 243
- Country code top-level domain of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: .cd
- Currency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Congolese
Franc (CDF)
Transport and Logistics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (department, capital, area in square kilometres,
population in thousands of people):

- Bas-Uele/Buta/148,331/1,138
- Équateur/Mbandaka/103,902/1,528
- Upper Katanga/Lubumbashi/132,425/4,617
- Haut-Lomami/Kamina/108,204/,957
- Haut-Uele/Isiro/89,683/1,864
- Ituri/Bunia/65,658/3,650
- Kasaï/Luebo/95,631/2,801
- Kasaï-Central/Kananga/60,958/3,317
- Eastern Kasai/Mbuji-Mayi/9,481/3,145
- Kinshasa/Kinshasa/9,965/11,575
- Kongo-Central/Matadi/53,920/5,575
- Kwango/Kenge/89,974/2,152
- Kwilu/Kikwit/78,219/5,490
- Lomami/Kabinda/56 426/2 443
- Lualaba/Kolwezi/121,308/2,570
- Mai-Ndombe/Inongo/127,465/1,852
- Maniema/Kindu/132,520/2,333
- Mongala/Lisala/58,141/1,740
- North Kivu/Goma/59,483/6,655
- North-Ubangi/Gbadolite/56,644/1,269
- Sankuru/Lusambo/104,331/2,110
- South Kivu/Bukavu/65,070/5,772
- South-Ubangi/Gemena/51,648/2,458
- Tanganyika/Kalemie/134,940/3,062
- Tshopo/Kisangani/199,567/2,352
- Tshuapa/Boende/132,957/1,600
Economic Integration Organisations (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
- United States-COMESA Agreement
- Southern African Development Community (SADC)
- COMESA-EAC-SADC
Tripartite Free Trade Agreement
- Nile Basin Initiative (NBI)
-
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Region
- Great Lakes
Region
- International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
- Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
- International Organisation of the Francophonie

- African Union (AU)
- African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
- Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
- African Development Bank (AfDB)

Main Congolese ethnicities:
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo the Bantu group represents 80% of the Congolese population:
- Luba (18%)
- Mongo (17%)
- Kongo (12%)
Religions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
- Christianity (90% of the Congolese population).
Simon Kimbangu (prophet)
- Catholicism (50%)
- Protestantism
- Traditional African Religions
Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The official language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is French (the
most populous francophone country in the world)
- 47% of the Congolese speak and write French
- In Kinshasa, 92% of the population is francophone
- French is the language of the education system, public
administration and business
Languages with status of national language:
- Kikongo (2 million)
- Lingala (to West, vehicular language)
- Swahili (to the East, 10 million, vehicular language)
- Tshiluba
History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Elikia M'Bokolo (Congolese historian)
was born in Kinshasa.

Higher Education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
LMD System (Bachelor, Master, Doctorate) - Ministry of Higher Education (MESU)
Universities and Higher Education Institutes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a member of:
- African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES)
- Francophone University Agency (AUF)
República Democrática del Congo
République démocratique du Congo
República Democrática do Congo
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