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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ministry of Planning

National Investment Promotion Agency

ANAPI

SOUTH KIVU PROVINCE




County town: BUKAVU

Area: 64,791 km2

Population: 5,772,000 inhabitants 

Opportunities related to valuable resources

Pathways

Valuable resources

Types of industries to develop or establish

Agro industry

Corn, Cassava, Plantains, Beans, potatoes, Paddy rice (RUZIZI plain, MWENGE), tomato, mango, rice, plums, onions, cocoa, coffee, sugar cane, pineapple, walnuts palm, cotton, wheat, maracuja, quinine,

Cows, fish in Lakes Tanganika and KIVU, broiler and laying chicken

Dehydrators (drying unit), flour mills, chips production unit (potato, banana), concentrated tomato production unit, apple puree production unit, Pineapple juice manufacturing unit, sugar refinery, palm oil production unit, margarine production unit, biscuit palm oil refinery unit , soap factories, cinchona processing unit, mineral water production unit, fish smoking unit, modern slaughterhouses, cold meats

Materials building

Rubble, clay, wood, limestone, silica

Cement works, quicklime and slaked lime production unit, aggregates unit, window production unit, modern joinery

Mining and metallurgical recovery

Gold, cassiterite, coltan,

To be exploited: mobilgorite, silver, diamond,

Gold, cassiterite and coltan recovery unit Diamond, silver exploitation unit

Coking and manufacturing of petroleum products

Methane gas from Lake Kivu

Methane gas extraction unit

Packaging

Silica, used cardboard, plastic waste

Recycling unit for used cartons and plastic waste in packaging

Glass bottles and jars production unit

Sources: developed by CEPI using data from provincial delegates

Other opportunities

  • Existence of the RUZIZI I and RUZIZI II hydroelectric power stations;
  • Hydroelectric sites: from MWENGA, KAMANYOLA, BARAKA, RUZIZI III, KILIZA, KILIBA, SISI and PANZI;
  • Possibility of installing a thermal power station operating on methane gas

Ground

  • Recent volcanic soils / raw mineral soils
  • Ancient volcanic soils
  • Soils of the alluvial plains or black tropical lands
  • Soils derived from ancient rocks

Vegetation

  • Lowland dense forest
  • Dense mountain forest
  • Savannah
  • Steps
  • Bamboo forest at high altitude