The pre-feasibility study aims at investigating the possibility of developing a national railway networks linking all DRC major concentrations zones with a final link to the Port of Banana where a future deep water port is under planning. There are currently 5 major zones of population’s concentration in DRC: Kinshasa in the west, Kananga/Mbuji-Mayi in…
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Tony has a large experience in business promotion, start-ups initiatives and investments stimulation for the purpose of job creation. He has been advocating on behalf of the Democratic Republic of Congo businesses, and has been very instrumental in establishing investments and trade initiatives between the cities and states in the DRC and their counterparts in…
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Bijou is a lawyer by training and for 17 years she has been coordinating projects against domestic violence and exclusion (C.V.F.E.) for a non-profit organization based in Liège, Belgium. These projects entail support for victims of domestic violence in the resumption of power over their lives through legal and administrative procedures and the preparation of…
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Jacques is an astute academic and he is presently Director of Research at RMT laboratory in Chicago, USA, and adjunct Professor at Roosevelt University, Chicago campus, in the USA. Previously, he held the positions of Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor of Economics respectively at the University of Pretoria and the University of Witwatersrand in South…
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Dorina is an epidemiologist with over 17 years of experience in HIV prevention, surveillance and HIV program evaluation research. She holds a Bachelor of Science Honours in Medical Biochemistry from the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and a Master in Epidemiology from the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and a PhD in Public…
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Flor commands 20 years of professional experience in the media and communication industry. He started his career as a presenter at the Congolese National Television (RTNC). After few years in print media, he joined a private television channel (Digital Congo) respectively as a Broadcast journalist, producer, Chief editor and head of information. During the presidential…
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Like in most sub-Saharan countries, railways in DRC have also played, throughout history, a key part in the economic development of the country by maintaining a dominant role in transporting freight and passengers at low cost. The DRC has two separate rail systems of strategic importance for the country: Chemin de Fer Matadi – Kinshasa…
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa with 2,345,000 square km. In spite of its large area, the DRC has only 40km of coastline on its far western region along the Atlantic sea. Fewer than 40 percent of the nearly 77 million inhabitants live in urban areas. With 80…
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Kana has over 18 years of extensive experience in transport infrastructure development in both, the public and private sectors. He is currently employed by a leading Railway and Port parastatal company as a Principal Engineer, involving in the establishment of a Research & Development unit in the organization. Prior to that, Kana held the position…
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