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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ministry of Planning

National Investment Promotion Agency

ANAPI

PROVINCE OF TSHOPO




County town: KISANGANI

Area: 199,567 km2

Population: 2,352,000

Opportunities related to valuable resources

Pathways

Valuable resources

Types of industries to develop or establish

Agro industry

Corn, Paddy Rice, Cassava, Plantain Banana, Sweet Potato, Coffee, Beans, Soybeans, Palm Nuts; Cocoa;

Cows, broiler and laying chicken, fish in the Congo river, in the TSHOPO, LINDI, ARUINI, LOMAMI, LOBARIE rivers,

LONDJA and in Lakes LANDJA and LOBILO

Wood, cotton

Dehydrators (Drying units), rice mills, flour mills, breweries, nut oil

palm, margarine production units, biofuel production units, banana and sweet potato chips production units, biscuit factories, soybean oil mills, modern slaughterhouses, delicatessens, fish smoking units, water production units mineral, broiler and egg production units, cellulose production units, spinning and textile manufacturing units

Materials building

Rubble stone, wood, limestone, clay

Aggregate production units, lime production units, cement works, modern joinery

Mining and metallurgical recovery

Already mined in an artisanal way: Gold, Diamond, Coltan, To be mined: Iron ore, Copper

Gold, Diamond and Coltan recovery units,

Iron and copper ores exploitation unit

Semi-industrial operating unit for Gold, Diamonds and Coltan

Packaging

cellulose

paper packaging production unit

Sources: developed by CEPI using data from provincial delegates

Other opportunities

  • Existence of the TSHOPO Hydroelectric power station;
  • Identified hydroelectric sites: WANIE, RUKULA, LOBILO, LINDI, LOMAMI;
  • Possibility of setting up plastic packaging production plants from imported raw materials;
  • Existence of escape routes

Ground

Ferralsol (yellow, red and ocher latasols)

Vegetation

  • Dense humid forest
  • Secondary forests
  • Edaphic forest