The Future Is Kongo
From London Heathrow to Kinshasa N’djili. The Future Is Kongo (TFIK) Podcast is the result of a 3 week holiday becoming an unexpected 11 month stay. This podcast explores the experiences of the diaspora and more, at different levels of entrepreneurship and industries. Balili aims to provide helpful information for those travelling to, working in or building a life in the DRC.
Episodes
8 episodes
One Year In Kinshasa: Lessons & Discoveries
What does Kinshasa look like? Are the working conditions good? Where can international tourists stay? What are the people like? How easy is it to get around and deal with traffic? These are just a few concerns and questions for anyone intereste...
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49:48
It's Not What You Know But Who You Know
The Future Is Kongo + It's not what you know but who you know. Organisation's mentioned in this weeks episode: 1. InterNations: https://www.internations.org/ 2. Young Professional Congolese: https://twitt...
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Episode 6
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9:39
One Way Ticket To The Democratic Republic of Congo
An introduction to The Future Is Kongo + Email: balili@thefutureiskongo.com
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Episode 5
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3:41
Entrepreneur, Teacher, Wife & Mother Both In The DRC & UK
Aline Lokoto, an ambitious, easy going and nurturing lady who talks us through how she started her initial business in Kinshasa within 4 months of arriving and how she now manages her businesses from the UK. Aline depicts her experience of the ...
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1:13:47
Housing in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Baraka Rumamba is an investor passionate about fundraising in the niche segment of the Congolese Diaspora. He graduated in Accounting and Economics from Southampton University and presently leads the investment committee of the Sarah Bonnell Fo...
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50:47
The Mission Was To Come Back & Work For The Congolese Economy
Ruben Luabeya, an electrical engineer from The United States, born and raised in The Democratic Republic of Congo, reveals how and why he entered the Renewable Energy sector from the US, to now becoming Head of Business Development in the DRC. ...
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48:10