It’s sad to see the current state of the Congo. It used to be the second most industrialized country in Africa, behind only South Africa, and had the potential to become quite a powerhouse in Africa. And out of all the large countries in Africa it probably has the most favorable geography, having a large navigable river go deep into its land is very valuable. I really hope this country can develop into one of Africa’s superpowers.
Industrialized in a seriously inhumane way. Look at the layout of a city like Mbuji-Mayi and you can clearly see it was built essentially as a giant work camp. By the time the DRC achieved independence there was something like a dozen college graduates out of 15 million.
As an African, this makes me so sad as DR Congo has the potential (like Nigeria) to dramatically change not only the life of its people but that of the entire continent of Africa.
It has started my friend these are OLD images from documentaries he took from. He didn't even mention the actual President who is working hard to get rid of all these politicians that have been sitting in power for so many years. DRC IS RISING!
Congo still has the potential and I hope to see it become a African Superpower in my lifetime to come. All that's needed is good leadership and strong education.
We just have evil neighbours such as Rwanda and Uganda which are arming some rebel groups so that they can keep on destabilizing the DRC but i hope that ends soon.
As an African, I pray to see the Congo and all our African countries rise up, we have so much to offer the world EDIT: damn, the racism in the comments is just wow
As an European I will do my best to promote values of African nations and their culture and their emancipation here in the Central Europe. We should all work together for the benefit of our planet and our societies. Thriving and prosperous Africa is European interest too. And that might stop all idiots supporting racism and nationalistic movements. We’re all human brothers and sisters sharing one and only mother Earth. Peace! Love and respect from Croatia.
@@julieali4918 Do you believe people born in a slum and have parents who die when they're 2 years old, so have to grow up and live as beggars deserve that?
I almost cried seeing the horrible state of my beautiful country... 😭😭🇨🇩 The DRC, known as the richest country in the world, yet its unimaginable potential was its biggest curse throughout history. And the fact that people there are still able to smile at everything despite all the bad things that have happened to them... That's what makes me admire my father and take pride in coming from a "Third World Country" !!! 💪🏽💪🏽🙏🏽
@@holycow3355 When it comes to natural resources it is indeed the richest country in the world. And that's without even mentioning it's insane hydroelectric potential that would be able to provide electricity for literally the whole African continent. Do your research and stop being uncultured 🤦🏽
i feel like there was a lot about China buying resources and not much about civil unrest in Congo, as well as foreign interference by neighboring countries such as Rwanda and Uganda. i think that has a much bigger impact on Congo than what China is doing.
This is my Country and it truly is sad to see it deteriorate each day and year. Thank you for the video because it’s truly hard to find other ppl or videos about my country. DRC
@@colors6692 I actually can, a South Asian slum is made of very densely packed near-crumbling multi-storey brick buildings, an African slum is made of one-level near-crumbling tin roof shacks. The South Asian slum is one level above the African slum.
This is the one to look for in the future. DR Congo will become Africa’s second most populous country and the nation with the most Christians in the world. The city and wealth will only increase, I pray it is managed correctly and the country’s situation improves.
Kind Leopold killed nearly half the population. the great lake region used to be the most populated area of Africa. The genocide changed the demographic dynamic forever. Nigeria will still remain the most populous country of the continent.
It's ironic to think 🤔 the struggling locals living in a country full of natural resources. It's just frustrating not to be able to lift the economy of Congo through its people's force to make it a powerhouse. So much knowledge from this video. Thank you and more power to your channel
Exactly what I've been thinking. Like what needs to be done to make their government see what needs to be done? Till when are they going to do things according to the west?
The tenacity, drive, and ambition of African peoples such as the Congolese is inspiring. This century will see enormous struggles, but Africa will rise, with countries like DRC as its engines of growth.
Congo will rise , they have recently signed infrastructure deals with China which amount to 60 billions dollars but the trick is the money will stay in China to curb corruption. As construction continue State companies will work with China.
In reality, what Africa more needs is severe and urgent birth control programs, as the population of most countries on that continent is growing at explosive rates, threatening the entire planet. Because of this, they are already exporting Africans even to South America!
Thank you for this. I'm an African and my country is part of the SADC region so I knew how bad things are in the Congo, just didnt expect this level of miss management. I really wish there is a revolution in that country. It's being robbed by both the Chinese government and the elites of Congo.
And you are not robbed by the weste and capitalism? China is not communist, it invest capital and exploits 3rd world countries, your liders must be bribbed or overthroned, bc capitalism is exploiting people and nature for profit. They just want to blame governments now instead corrporations. Thats why you mention China and Congo leaders.
I love that the video isnt just telling the current state of the cities but the hope that it will be better soon! Thank you for these insightful videos. Here's hoping that the DRC will soon be a better place specially for the current and future generations
So horrible our parents, Brothers and Sisters, children are living a terrifying life due to corrupted sellouts leaders, we tired of all backstabbers of our African people due to its natural resources, ❤️ from Ballito 🇿🇦
We needed resources for our industrial revolution. Not like you needed or knew what to do with stuff like metals, tea and cocoa. Africa would be 100000 worse off without colonization.
I am from Malaysia. My father was stationed in Congo in 1968 under the United nation peacekeeper army. I wish to see Congo develop into an economy powerhouse..enough of poverty..
Even Malaysia lost hope with Congo, which is why we're not there anymore. Africa is lost, focus in Southeast Asia, Myammar, Laos, Cambodia need our help and they have potential to grow.
My beautiful Brothers and Sisters of Congo. Although the colonisers have plundered, raped and genocided our countries , we will fight, work hard and will rise to glory. Have faith. - a brother from India.
Without European colonization your countries would be much more backward than they are today. The best thing that could happen to Africa would be the return of 1st World governance.
Greetings from Russia! I wish Africa to be strong and united! Russia needs Africa to be prosperous and independent as an equal partner and ally! Good luck in your endeavors!
@@_xfr_1873but I think if politics weren't involved they would be 1 country with 1 leader but as of rn with DRC in war in nord kivu and sassou president it wont happen I'm from brazzaville
They are but through some secret instances. China is best friends with russia, putin's private army "wagner group" has been in Congo for years supporting it's corrupt leader. (and it's mostly to have access to nature's resources. So again, corrupt leaders sell their people's wealth for their own power)
When is Africa going to stop screwing themselves because ultimately here as a as a African-American woman a colored woman who is indigenous to the land of Africa but also was forced into bondage here in America I stand by people of color and what I do know throughout my historical research is that even though the continent of Africa is indigenous to people of, you have people that are indigenous to the man that are corrupt greedy and selfish they care about nobody but yourself a better phrase of word would be only the best can survive so the corruption is the reason why so many of these countries are in turmoil are in poverty and are ruined, but what I will also add in is that yes the Western nation and the Arab Nation are responsible to do with most of the colonization and the mindset of the indigenous Africans because without the teachings and the corruption they would have probably have already tried to join forces, however each country in Africa shares their own ethical responsibility to their people to be at least caring and and helping because Africa is the land that was given by God to the people of color to us black people to the melanated people and it was given to us for a reason thus we have the most resources ever than any other country on Earth how was it that we are the poores,, and every other country such as China the Arab countries, portugal, spain, france, argentina, japan, now russia, switzerland, all of these countries had gained forces against Africa to form an ally against Africa and you know ambush if they had to so what they did is they seek out the most repetitious indigenous meant to be leaders of the country with the obligation of being detrimentally vital to these countries which means to be corrupt so he will receive a piece of the pie as long as everybody else receives what they want and a hefty price because a lot of these countries that have done this in a lot of these corrupt leaders unfortunately I'm alive by the indigenous groups of rebels or they will be conquered and backstabbed by these countries and on a killed at any time they do not go along with the assignments that are given to them and whatever this assignment is even if he agrees he will be assassinated, the same thing they did to Gaddafi Gaddafi overthre the eastern shore of Africa put his own people politely allowed a certain amount of indigenous Africans to stay mean well as long as he was going with everything they wanted with the oil and a different natural resources that he was providing Western Nations it was okay as soon as they stopped listening to gadafi and he made a statement that was truthful on behalf of the country and himself he's seen how Western white people are very
In reality, what Africa more needs is severe and urgent birth control programs, as the population of most countries on that continent is growing at explosive rates, threatening the entire planet. Because of this, they are already exporting Africans even to South America!
Western countries don't want Congo to develop itself because they're exploiting our country a lot, we have almost everything but slowly people are waking up, in the years that are coming the country will improve a lot.
Great video but i wanted to know more about the city of Kinshasa itself. I think the DRC is a sleeping giant that will have by 2050 more 200.000.000 people! It is only a matter of time before this giant is going to wake up. So let's have a positive growth mindset here! It has the potential to rival Nigeria and South Africa very soon. We Belgians have a huge historical responsibility to have cordial and respectful relationships with the Congolese people. We should give them back their stolen art, apologize to them by giving them reparations and treat the Congolese not like children but as equal business partners. (Not some half apology like our king Philippe did recently in Kinshasa) Ok, it is true the Chinese have their hands in the Congolese mining industry and fund corrupt politicians, but they gave something back in the form of some infrastructure. Europe and the rest of the so called 'West' looted the country even after independence and did give nothing in return. It is time that Europe and Africa come to grasp our historical past, treat Africa in general with respect and start to change our "misplaced superiority feelings" we have towards the African continent. The world has become "multi-polar", it is also in the interest of Europe to invest in Congo because otherwise we will loose a lot of business opportunities.
@@RK-cj4oc On one hand, he wrote an eloquent and moderate speech. He didn't say that Belgium should give absolutely everything that it has right now, to Congo, but develop a good relationship where both could benefit. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that you travel on roads and have nice administrative buildings and a thick treasury at least in part due to the Congolese dying for stuff then sold by Belgium. And will still enjoy said riches for centuries to come. Do not downplay the progress Belgium made with the help of robbed-together money (just like some other nations, nothing personal here), on the backs of others. You did not personally cut off Congolese hands, but you do enjoy the benefits of that (debatable) to Belgium, as will your descendants. That said: while I'm not Belgian, even if I was I wouldn't want to give everything I have to the Congolese people and go live in a cave. I would maybe apologize symbolically, but keep enjoying what my ancestors took from weaker people and got away with it. It is what it is, this is how we are as species. There are very few people who genuinely would sacrifice much of their quality of life for others - hats off to them -, even if they knew they were wronged. We shouldn't think even of the Congolese people as innocent saints, they have their good and bad, as any nation. Maybe if they could back then, they would, do the same to Belgium as Belgium did to them first. So stop saying "I did nothing to them", because you are still enjoying what your long dead relatives or your community's ancestors did to them (at least paid taxes which paid mercenaries to "keep order" over there), and own up to it. What's Belgium's and got away with it, you get to enjoy, with all due respect to the Congolese. All they can do is try to fix their, now free, country. I know this won't sit well with both Belgians (and Brits/Spaniards/French/Dutch/Germans/Russians/others) and the Congolese, but we all know it is like that. This is only my opinion, of course.
@@Constantinus213421 الشعب الكونغولي ليس مستحق لأي دوله كي تقول لو سمحت لهم الفرصه لفعلوا مافعلته بلجيكا بلجيكا هي السبب ف فساد الكونغو لماذا اتت بلجيكا لاحتلال الكونغو؟لانه بلجيكا فقيره جاءت لنهم ثروات الكونغو
I'm lost for words -- lost for words 💔 to express my disappointment, desatisfaction, .... in terms of what's going on in our continent Africa. Everyone just simply come into power and arbitrarily plunder, ...... do any and all manner of evil!!! What a shame!!!! Our own - some of our own so-called leaders, politicians are Africa's worse enemies!!!
I am a horrified and devastated American - witnessing the suffering, exploitation and corruption in such a resource rich country, exposed in this video. “The children will lead us” and the youthful vitality and creativity of the population will surely breakthrough the past exploitations and liberate the Congolese people. ❤
Great video! Would love it if you made one about Lagos. The predictions say Lagos will have 80 million inhabitants and be the biggest city on earth in 2100.
Crazy! Kinshasa, DRC is one of Africa's largest cities yet me in Canada I have never even heard of it and I love geography. Its boogles the mind how little each person knows about our own planet.
Nairobi overshadows all cities in EAC despite Nairobi having a smaller population and less area .Personally I wouldn't want any of this cities being a megacity.Kinshasa should try reduce population in Kinshasa
The problem is not Kinshasa being a mega city but how well it’s managed. There is changes being made now let us wait and how it all works out in the future
One of the biggest problem we have is our resources, we have almost everything and all western countries have their eyes on us. If your country had the same resources I'm sure that you'd have the same problems, those resources are a blessing and a curse at the same time that's why they're creating so many problems that don't let us go forward. Slowly things are changing, people are getting awake, in the years that are coming the country will improve a lot
Just to add to arable lands: soils in tropical countries are very unproductive and low in nutrients (people usually assume that tropical rainforests are a sign of high fertility - the opposite is the case). The soils are leached and eroded. However, with biochar (an example that survived hundreds of years is Terra Preta in Amazonas) as slow release fertilizer (SRF), this land can be very productive. Congo is also a home to many potential 'orphan crops' - crops that have been largely ignored by agricultural industry, but that are now considered high potential crops due to their nutrients, resilience and (often) perennial nature (which requires less to no tillage - a factor that heavily increases erosion). So there's room for optimism and potential aplenty.
The last sentence is WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR!! "If the youthful energy of the DRC can be focused on affectively harnesting the natural resources of the country, the coubtry can become a powerhouse" THEY FUTURE OF A COUNTRY LAY OF THE HANDS OF THE YOUTH!!!!
This is crazy...heart rendering and just unacceptable ....i know NOT everybody is poor in the Congo....but most are, and with the vast amount of Wealth in resources this has to stop....Congolese its time to RISE UP and take control of ur resources and Country.....Fr Jamaica with Love.
I am surprised that congo has such beautiful 😊landscape and high flow rate river that can produce electricity for whole africasuch amazing country .i hope it will rise up
It’s just a sad and heartbreaking video to watch , Europeans,Chineses and politicians and a few elite benefit while the rest of population are treated like slaves being exploited ,terrible living conditions, greed make humans the worse than irrational animals. I have no words I’m feeling defeated 😔
Having such a rapid population growth dilutes the bit of wealth that people can accumulate. Women have an average of 6 children. It is hard to provide for so many and still build wealth. The median age in the Congo is only 15.6 years.
The Grand Inga Dam and the Inga 3 and 4 megapeojects could be the most ambitiously profitable projects ever to be conducted in Africam history since the Egyptian and Nilotic Pyramids.
We do not realize how powerful we are as a people 🇨🇩.. once we realize we don’t need these governments and organize ourselves.. they’ll come begging… the mentality must change! Too many of our people are suffering
Kinshasa is the most important consumer centre of the republic and the core of its industrial and commercial activity. The city serves as the headquarters of major public corporations and of privately owned industrial and commercial companies.
DR Congo could've been the Japan of Africa. I wish the country's influential people knew how to work collectively for the greater good of the country instead of mere greedy and corrupt personal gain. We will never succeed like this no matter how many resources we have
@@prometheusjackson8787 We do build some. The real issue is that funding for both development projects and education ( so Congo could develop competent engineers and such) is eaten up by politicians and foreigners. Leaving the country's people helpless, poor, and uneducated. If Congo were able to vitalize and consolidate their resources, be serious about fighting corruption, stop foreign influence,, there's no reason why they couldn't be the next Japan. But it will take decades of work.
@@mog7501 starts from people, and to fix people, maybe a benevolent dictator is needed to provide education and law and order with iron fist, and finally people are educated enough to maintain the government. Just a thought, same thing in my country.
Cairo remains Africa's largest city in terms of population (for now), followed by Lagos and then Kinshasa. Projections are that Lagos and Kinshasa will be the world's #1 and #2 by 2100. Johannesburg is Africa's largest city in terms of urban sprawl, somewhat behind the other three in terms of population, and with much slower population growth rates.
In reality, what Africa more needs is severe and urgent birth control programs, as the population of most countries on that continent is growing at explosive rates, threatening the entire planet. Because of this, they are already exporting Africans even to South America!
At 0:09. No, that's incorrect. The latest figures show that Cairo, Egypt is still the most populous city in Africa, with over 24 million, followed by Lagos, Nigeria, at 20 million. Kinshasa is at third, with 15 million. Growth rates in Kinshasa, though, are way higher than they are in Cairo or even Lagos, so it will grow to a city of 30 million by maybe 2035 or so. Then it will be the largest metropolis in all of Africa.
I think they looked at the municipality number and indeed the metropolis number is more important. That's amazing numbers : this city is growing by around a million people a year. If you go beyond 2035 it will become the bigest metropolis in the world, a country within a country.
US again? Belgium? I'm tired, I'm out of words. Then Chinese, everywhere there is war. At least there is infrastructure finally. Life? And the African struggle.
Correction, the first to exploit Congo were the Omanis, then from the Zanzibar sultanate, they delt mostly on slaves who were used to hunt elephants, then ferry them all the way to the East Coast of Africa. Then came the Belgians who chased the Arabs and started rubber slavery.
@@b.k.5659 The Portuguese were on the western part of the DRC long before any Arabs got to the Eastern part. And Swahili was primarily taught to them by Belgian missionaries among other missionary groups. That's how Swahili spread throughout to most of us who speak it; through colonial intervention. Next
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 The Portuguese arrived in Africa in the fifth century, during the age of exploration (1495), Arabs have been around Africa since the caliphate, in the East Coast of Africa from early as the second century trading ivory and slaves from Congo interior through the Indian Ocean trade
@@declokazadi4264 I don’t think so, Haiti Gdp per capita is the twice of the Congo, it means that Haiti has twice the money per person, and has a lower HDI (human development index)
@@NoNamePerson98 Those r just nbrs,the gdp per capita of the USA is 62000$,yet so many millions Americans r making less than that. That nbr is high because of the billionaires.... Comparing RDC to Haiti is like comparing a VW beetle to a F1 Ferrari if u look at their potentials,and RDC got a positive president now.
the most populated city in Africa is Kinshasa with 15.6 million inhabitants, Lagos 15.4 million and Cairo 10 million, but Lagos is the city, in metropolitan area (great Lagos area), the most populated in Africa with 28 million inhabitants ahead of Cairo (21 million inhabitants ) and Kinshasa (17 million inhabitants).
@@samuelluyindula2049 No such distinction between Lagos State and the city. At least not anymore. The entire state is one big city. If you've been you'd know that.
Of course Kinshasa is the biggest mega city Lagos maybe has more population don’t know but Kinshasa is bigger than Lagos that why he says Kinshasa is the Mega city in Africa.
It’s always Nigeria? They’re not talking about the population.Everyone is aware that Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa.Kinshasa is richer than Lagos by far i terms of natural resources.
THANKS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL NARRATIVE SPEAKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INCONVENIENCED BY BAD LEADERSHIP. HOWEVER THIS ALL CAN CHANGE VERY QUICKLY.
I am from the Philippines although my country is a developing country but this is just very difficult to live in. Even a normal paved roads and motorcycle doesnt exist.
Why did a document about Kinshasa have nothing to do with the city but everything to do with blaming the Chinese for Congos trouble? It's a form of colonialism, Talk about Belgian congo if you want the reason for congos troubles. They could have developed at any point without foreign intervention.
Lived there in the 1970s and indeed I still refer to those years as the most marvelous days of my life. Kinshasa was modern yet verdant green, something that's now sorely missing from the city.
Hear me now, 20 years from now I guarantee you all will have known about me from all facets of media! I will be the engineer that fully industrialized my country and paved the way for its true potential to be reached. I, like all my other family members have been given the opportunity to thrive in a more prosperous nation, but unlike them I shall use all these advantages I have been given to bring this prosperity to the millions of my fellow Congolese people with equal if not far greater potential than I currently carry so they can aid in bringing our country forward. I stand as an electrical engineer to be the one who completed the Ingas, fully connected the whole country not only by power but also by rail, and the one who set the first steps in our staircase of Sub-Saharan African welfare!
@IT 3025 I don't plan to be a ruler but instead plan to help my country move forward with the knowledge I'm currently acquiring. Plus I've hated all forms of monarchy my entire life so if I were to rule it would be by election.
It’s sad to see the current state of the Congo. It used to be the second most industrialized country in Africa, behind only South Africa, and had the potential to become quite a powerhouse in Africa. And out of all the large countries in Africa it probably has the most favorable geography, having a large navigable river go deep into its land is very valuable. I really hope this country can develop into one of Africa’s superpowers.
Industrialized in a seriously inhumane way. Look at the layout of a city like Mbuji-Mayi and you can clearly see it was built essentially as a giant work camp. By the time the DRC achieved independence there was something like a dozen college graduates out of 15 million.
industrialized at the expense of the hands of the people, it was only industrialized becuase it was a slave economy
Give it time, it will be.
The Congo river is anything but navigable which is unfortunate the only major river that is navigable in Africa is Niger
@@ivelinkamenov it is actually navigable. Make your own researches.its not navigable where in a small area
As an African, this makes me so sad as DR Congo has the potential (like Nigeria) to dramatically change not only the life of its people but that of the entire continent of Africa.
My brother this our African government very bad people
U.S doesn't want that.
@@MustafaAli-lb8dq That's not an excuse
It has started my friend these are OLD images from documentaries he took from. He didn't even mention the actual President who is working hard to get rid of all these politicians that have been sitting in power for so many years. DRC IS RISING!
@@lubex3486 It's not an excuse. It's a reality. Anyone who understands politics knows that how cunning America is.
Congo still has the potential and I hope to see it become a African Superpower in my lifetime to come. All that's needed is good leadership and strong education.
There will never be an African superpower
Those peoples don’t want to evolve
Do you think that the Chinese will be the leaders?
We just have evil neighbours such as Rwanda and Uganda which are arming some rebel groups so that they can keep on destabilizing the DRC but i hope that ends soon.
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As an African, I pray to see the Congo and all our African countries rise up, we have so much to offer the world
EDIT: damn, the racism in the comments is just wow
Prayers don't work and there's no god, so get up and work.
As an European I will do my best to promote values of African nations and their culture and their emancipation here in the Central Europe. We should all work together for the benefit of our planet and our societies. Thriving and prosperous Africa is European interest too. And that might stop all idiots supporting racism and nationalistic movements. We’re all human brothers and sisters sharing one and only mother Earth. Peace! Love and respect from Croatia.
In life you don't get what you wish you get what you deserve
Agreed!
@@julieali4918 Do you believe people born in a slum and have parents who die when they're 2 years old, so have to grow up and live as beggars deserve that?
I almost cried seeing the horrible state of my beautiful country... 😭😭🇨🇩
The DRC, known as the richest country in the world, yet its unimaginable potential was its biggest curse throughout history. And the fact that people there are still able to smile at everything despite all the bad things that have happened to them... That's what makes me admire my father and take pride in coming from a "Third World Country" !!! 💪🏽💪🏽🙏🏽
Not for long lol prepare to get rich
@@qjtvaddict I have never lived there as I was born in an other country, but I hope that one day I will be able to invest there and improve things.
"The DRC, known as the richest country in the world" LMAS, you are funny.
@@holycow3355 When it comes to natural resources it is indeed the richest country in the world. And that's without even mentioning it's insane hydroelectric potential that would be able to provide electricity for literally the whole African continent. Do your research and stop being uncultured 🤦🏽
We are the richest in resources. 24 trillions
I’ve been waiting for this one. The influence of this city and nation will only grow
i feel like there was a lot about China buying resources and not much about civil unrest in Congo, as well as foreign interference by neighboring countries such as Rwanda and Uganda. i think that has a much bigger impact on Congo than what China is doing.
This is my Country and it truly is sad to see it deteriorate each day and year. Thank you for the video because it’s truly hard to find other ppl or videos about my country. DRC
I was there recently. Beautiful people. God bless the Congo
Hi. Im curious, how is it staying there? Is it dangerous to go out from the cities?
@@Chefpeanut I'm South African in the Congo currently, i don't see any danger here.
It is the only African country whose people eat monkeys and dogs. please if you visit your health is important so take care
@@entertainmentfolloworgomis3169hey dear it’s safe for women? No guns ?
I wish African city designers would design cities that would be immediately identifiable as uniquely African.
As Asian cities develop, the endlessly sprawling slums we see in Lagos, Kinshasa or Kampala are becoming uniquely African.
@@peteferguson518 To be fair it can be hard to tell a slum in Africa form one in India/Pakistan/Bangladesh🤣
@@colors6692 I actually can, a South Asian slum is made of very densely packed near-crumbling multi-storey brick buildings, an African slum is made of one-level near-crumbling tin roof shacks. The South Asian slum is one level above the African slum.
So unpaved streets and shanty towns?
Like grass huts?
This is the one to look for in the future. DR Congo will become Africa’s second most populous country and the nation with the most Christians in the world. The city and wealth will only increase, I pray it is managed correctly and the country’s situation improves.
Careful watch what Christians are doing in the USA. You want to reduce Christianity a bit
Not second but first popular country
@@Clarosey Nigeria is too high to catch up.
Kind Leopold killed nearly half the population. the great lake region used to be the most populated area of Africa. The genocide changed the demographic dynamic forever. Nigeria will still remain the most populous country of the continent.
@@YannickJacq million more starving blacks
It's ironic to think 🤔 the struggling locals living in a country full of natural resources. It's just frustrating not to be able to lift the economy of Congo through its people's force to make it a powerhouse. So much knowledge from this video. Thank you and more power to your channel
Exactly what I've been thinking.
Like what needs to be done to make their government see what needs to be done?
Till when are they going to do things according to the west?
Like Appalachia? Sierra Leone?
The tenacity, drive, and ambition of African peoples such as the Congolese is inspiring. This century will see enormous struggles, but Africa will rise, with countries like DRC as its engines of growth.
Africa will always be a mess
I hope so too, Jacob.
Congo will rise , they have recently signed infrastructure deals with China which amount to 60 billions dollars but the trick is the money will stay in China to curb corruption. As construction continue State companies will work with China.
In reality, what Africa more needs is severe and urgent birth control programs, as the population of most countries on that continent is growing at explosive rates, threatening the entire planet. Because of this, they are already exporting Africans even to South America!
I wish all the best for Congo and its amazing people. Hope it unleashes all of its potential very soon. Wishes from Brazil.
DR Congo has the potential to be the most powerful country in Africa.
King Pimp
What infrastructure is there outside the capital ?
@@TheWhitehawker This is why he said "potential", towards the end of the century I believe Africa can be very wealthy, hope to live to see that moment
not anymore
@@DanniManni yes!!
Thank you for this. I'm an African and my country is part of the SADC region so I knew how bad things are in the Congo, just didnt expect this level of miss management. I really wish there is a revolution in that country. It's being robbed by both the Chinese government and the elites of Congo.
not just china, we have to know what europe is up to in africa
Netherlands isn't in the sadc
@@sekurus4950 He's either South African or Namibian.
And you are not robbed by the weste and capitalism? China is not communist, it invest capital and exploits 3rd world countries, your liders must be bribbed or overthroned, bc capitalism is exploiting people and nature for profit. They just want to blame governments now instead corrporations. Thats why you mention China and Congo leaders.
Which part 🤔
I love that the video isnt just telling the current state of the cities but the hope that it will be better soon! Thank you for these insightful videos. Here's hoping that the DRC will soon be a better place specially for the current and future generations
My dream to be a part of a major change in Africa.
They deserve a lot lot lot more.
No they don’t. A bunch of know it all mfs that can’t even fix their own damn country.
It’s not about deserve, it’s about will THEY build something better.
I hope they don't do ching cheng chong / jackie chan / asian mocking up / bc of fuxxin stupid media
How?
@@777jonesTHEY need help. They can’t do it alone.
So horrible our parents, Brothers and Sisters, children are living a terrifying life due to corrupted sellouts leaders, we tired of all backstabbers of our African people due to its natural resources, ❤️ from Ballito 🇿🇦
I really feel sorry for Congo. This country has gone through a lot throughout history 😭😔
Name me a nation that has not seen misery?
@@jacobjorgenson9285 USA.
Born, raised , and grew up in Kinshasa. I know it like the back of my mind. I miss you Kinshasa!
Wherever you are keep away from Europe.
@@philcooper279 but Europe didn't keep away from us🖕🏿
We needed resources for our industrial revolution. Not like you needed or knew what to do with stuff like metals, tea and cocoa. Africa would be 100000 worse off without colonization.
Move back home and help change it for the better
@@philcooper279 Why ??
Best wishes to people of Congo from India.
I concur; best wishes from USA.😊
Kaisa hai re maddy
It is the only African country whose people eat monkeys and dogs. please if you visit your health is important so take care
I hope the very best for you African brothers and sisters!
They should evolve
My hope is that Kinshasa, and the rest of the DRC, can find their place in the sun.
I am from Malaysia. My father was stationed in Congo in 1968 under the United nation peacekeeper army. I wish to see Congo develop into an economy powerhouse..enough of poverty..
Even Malaysia lost hope with Congo, which is why we're not there anymore. Africa is lost, focus in Southeast Asia, Myammar, Laos, Cambodia need our help and they have potential to grow.
My beautiful Brothers and Sisters of Congo. Although the colonisers have plundered, raped and genocided our countries , we will fight, work hard and will rise to glory. Have faith.
- a brother from India.
how can you call it Genocide if your Populations have grown immense after the White Man brought you technology and knowledge ?
The DRC is now under neocolonialism. They need to kick out the new colonists to have a chance.
Without European colonization your countries would be much more backward than they are today. The best thing that could happen to Africa would be the return of 1st World governance.
As a Belgian, I feel terrible about the violence that the Belgian colonists caused to the locals in Congo. 😣
Great conscience dude ! ☺️👋👋👋💯
They still doing it it’s not done yet. But good for for you for your admittion
What language do you speak in Belgium
@@raheemabdoul8480 We speak French, Dutch (Flemish), and German.
It is the only African country whose people eat monkeys and dogs. please if you visit your health is important so take care
Thanks for making such a great video. It enlightens and illuminates our brains, hearts and eyes with NOOR of this beautiful city of "KINHASA".
Greetings from Russia! I wish Africa to be strong and united! Russia needs Africa to be prosperous and independent as an equal partner and ally! Good luck in your endeavors!
Share like Comrades
Are you still alive
I'm Congolese 🇨🇩 and I think the to congos 🇨🇬 will return into one contry
They were never one country,they were two colonies of France(🇨🇬) and Belgium(🇨🇩)
@@_xfr_1873but I think if politics weren't involved they would be 1 country with 1 leader but as of rn with DRC in war in nord kivu and sassou president it wont happen I'm from brazzaville
At least Chinese are not arming and financing rebels.
not right now, but stay alert
They are but through some secret instances. China is best friends with russia, putin's private army "wagner group" has been in Congo for years supporting it's corrupt leader. (and it's mostly to have access to nature's resources. So again, corrupt leaders sell their people's wealth for their own power)
Neocolonism?
In the 1970s, Kinshasa had about 1.5 million inhabitants. Today, it's 7+ million. Its growth has been amazing.
yeah, they don't joke at night, huh?
17 millions
That's not necessarily a good thing
@Zaydan Alfariz lol! jakarta is the capital of corrupt politics
Actually 14 million people live in Kin
Congratulations for your national holiday on 30th June Democratic Republic of Congo from your friends in Germany
Yes a new video! Your documentaries are excellent!
Glad you like them!
No, this one is incorrect or Google is wrong? Lagos remains the largest City in Africa.
The DRC has so much potential, I hope a brave president comes and leads the country - From Ethiopia
When is Africa going to stop being screwed by outsiders!!!!
Hey bung since when did outsiders mess with Africa
When is Africa going to stop screwing themselves because ultimately here as a as a African-American woman a colored woman who is indigenous to the land of Africa but also was forced into bondage here in America I stand by people of color and what I do know throughout my historical research is that even though the continent of Africa is indigenous to people of, you have people that are indigenous to the man that are corrupt greedy and selfish they care about nobody but yourself a better phrase of word would be only the best can survive so the corruption is the reason why so many of these countries are in turmoil are in poverty and are ruined, but what I will also add in is that yes the Western nation and the Arab Nation are responsible to do with most of the colonization and the mindset of the indigenous Africans because without the teachings and the corruption they would have probably have already tried to join forces, however each country in Africa shares their own ethical responsibility to their people to be at least caring and and helping because Africa is the land that was given by God to the people of color to us black people to the melanated people and it was given to us for a reason thus we have the most resources ever than any other country on Earth how was it that we are the poores,, and every other country such as China the Arab countries, portugal, spain, france, argentina, japan, now russia, switzerland, all of these countries had gained forces against Africa to form an ally against Africa and you know ambush if they had to so what they did is they seek out the most repetitious indigenous meant to be leaders of the country with the obligation of being detrimentally vital to these countries which means to be corrupt so he will receive a piece of the pie as long as everybody else receives what they want and a hefty price because a lot of these countries that have done this in a lot of these corrupt leaders unfortunately I'm alive by the indigenous groups of rebels or they will be conquered and backstabbed by these countries and on a killed at any time they do not go along with the assignments that are given to them and whatever this assignment is even if he agrees he will be assassinated, the same thing they did to Gaddafi Gaddafi overthre the eastern shore of Africa put his own people politely allowed a certain amount of indigenous Africans to stay mean well as long as he was going with everything they wanted with the oil and a different natural resources that he was providing Western Nations it was okay as soon as they stopped listening to gadafi and he made a statement that was truthful on behalf of the country and himself he's seen how Western white people are very
In reality, what Africa more needs is severe and urgent birth control programs, as the population of most countries on that continent is growing at explosive rates, threatening the entire planet. Because of this, they are already exporting Africans even to South America!
It’s your political leaders
It will happen once the African leaders will stop taking bribes from them.
Its good that people of the world hear about lands of Africa I support that.
Western countries don't want Congo to develop itself because they're exploiting our country a lot, we have almost everything but slowly people are waking up, in the years that are coming the country will improve a lot.
I hope so
Our problem is the people we choose to lead us, they don't have our best interest at heart💔
Great video but i wanted to know more about the city of Kinshasa itself. I think the DRC is a sleeping giant that will have by 2050 more 200.000.000 people! It is only a matter of time before this giant is going to wake up. So let's have a positive growth mindset here! It has the potential to rival Nigeria and South Africa very soon. We Belgians have a huge historical responsibility to have cordial and respectful relationships with the Congolese people. We should give them back their stolen art, apologize to them by giving them reparations and treat the Congolese not like children but as equal business partners. (Not some half apology like our king Philippe did recently in Kinshasa) Ok, it is true the Chinese have their hands in the Congolese mining industry and fund corrupt politicians, but they gave something back in the form of some infrastructure. Europe and the rest of the so called 'West' looted the country even after independence and did give nothing in return. It is time that Europe and Africa come to grasp our historical past, treat Africa in general with respect and start to change our "misplaced superiority feelings" we have towards the African continent. The world has become "multi-polar", it is also in the interest of Europe to invest in Congo because otherwise we will loose a lot of business opportunities.
Gay
No.go live in the Congo if you love them so much. The current population did nothing to them. We dont owe them a penny.
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@@RK-cj4oc On one hand, he wrote an eloquent and moderate speech. He didn't say that Belgium should give absolutely everything that it has right now, to Congo, but develop a good relationship where both could benefit.
On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that you travel on roads and have nice administrative buildings and a thick treasury at least in part due to the Congolese dying for stuff then sold by Belgium. And will still enjoy said riches for centuries to come. Do not downplay the progress Belgium made with the help of robbed-together money (just like some other nations, nothing personal here), on the backs of others. You did not personally cut off Congolese hands, but you do enjoy the benefits of that (debatable) to Belgium, as will your descendants.
That said: while I'm not Belgian, even if I was I wouldn't want to give everything I have to the Congolese people and go live in a cave. I would maybe apologize symbolically, but keep enjoying what my ancestors took from weaker people and got away with it. It is what it is, this is how we are as species. There are very few people who genuinely would sacrifice much of their quality of life for others - hats off to them -, even if they knew they were wronged. We shouldn't think even of the Congolese people as innocent saints, they have their good and bad, as any nation. Maybe if they could back then, they would, do the same to Belgium as Belgium did to them first.
So stop saying "I did nothing to them", because you are still enjoying what your long dead relatives or your community's ancestors did to them (at least paid taxes which paid mercenaries to "keep order" over there), and own up to it. What's Belgium's and got away with it, you get to enjoy, with all due respect to the Congolese. All they can do is try to fix their, now free, country.
I know this won't sit well with both Belgians (and Brits/Spaniards/French/Dutch/Germans/Russians/others) and the Congolese, but we all know it is like that.
This is only my opinion, of course.
@@Constantinus213421 الشعب الكونغولي ليس مستحق لأي دوله كي تقول لو سمحت لهم الفرصه لفعلوا مافعلته بلجيكا بلجيكا هي السبب ف فساد الكونغو لماذا اتت بلجيكا لاحتلال الكونغو؟لانه بلجيكا فقيره جاءت لنهم ثروات الكونغو
this channel is so great, suggested cities for future videos are Bangkok, Jakarta, Hanoi and Metro Manila.
Thanks for the idea! Jakarta is next week, and the rest are in the pipeline in the near future :)
I've always wanted to visit Kinshasa. The closest I got was visiting Brazzaville in looking at Kinshasa from across the river.
That's pretty close...
@@TheDailyConversation Yeah. But I feel like Kinshasa is the bigger more popular city. But either way, Brazzaville was fun to visit too.
I'm lost for words -- lost for words 💔 to express my disappointment, desatisfaction, .... in terms of what's going on in our continent Africa. Everyone just simply come into power and arbitrarily plunder, ...... do any and all manner of evil!!! What a shame!!!! Our own - some of our own so-called leaders, politicians are Africa's worse enemies!!!
I am a horrified and devastated American - witnessing the suffering, exploitation and corruption in such a resource rich country, exposed in this video. “The children will lead us” and the youthful vitality and creativity of the population will surely breakthrough the past exploitations and liberate the Congolese people. ❤
Great video! Would love it if you made one about Lagos. The predictions say Lagos will have 80 million inhabitants and be the biggest city on earth in 2100.
Crazy! Kinshasa, DRC is one of Africa's largest cities yet me in Canada I have never even heard of it and I love geography. Its boogles the mind how little each person knows about our own planet.
Yo this is becoming weekly?? Amazing!
Yes, trying!
Nairobi overshadows all cities in EAC despite Nairobi having a smaller population and less area .Personally I wouldn't want any of this cities being a megacity.Kinshasa should try reduce population in Kinshasa
They have the land. We don't
The problem is not Kinshasa being a mega city but how well it’s managed. There is changes being made now let us wait and how it all works out in the future
@@akalkila2769 okay wish them success and hope they will manage it well
One of the biggest problem we have is our resources, we have almost everything and all western countries have their eyes on us. If your country had the same resources I'm sure that you'd have the same problems, those resources are a blessing and a curse at the same time that's why they're creating so many problems that don't let us go forward. Slowly things are changing, people are getting awake, in the years that are coming the country will improve a lot
@@joelmatngandu No sane Kenyan wants such resources in these borders anyway. Our greatest resource is the people.
Actually what's happening in Africa is this If you want to destroy a country but the military in charge I feel sad 😔 😔 😔 😔 for us.
As a Geman women wo living for 3 years in Ethiopia as a child. ....my heard is always in Africa and I'm allways so sad when I see those films!!!
Just to add to arable lands: soils in tropical countries are very unproductive and low in nutrients (people usually assume that tropical rainforests are a sign of high fertility - the opposite is the case). The soils are leached and eroded. However, with biochar (an example that survived hundreds of years is Terra Preta in Amazonas) as slow release fertilizer (SRF), this land can be very productive. Congo is also a home to many potential 'orphan crops' - crops that have been largely ignored by agricultural industry, but that are now considered high potential crops due to their nutrients, resilience and (often) perennial nature (which requires less to no tillage - a factor that heavily increases erosion).
So there's room for optimism and potential aplenty.
Darüber würde ich mich gerne mit ihnen unterhalten. Wenn es möglich ist.
Congo seem to be a very fertile region with it being very green and being in the equatorial zone.
my biggest wish is for africa to become politically and economically independent. the west has ruined so much.
The last sentence is WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR!!
"If the youthful energy of the DRC can be focused on affectively harnesting the natural resources of the country, the coubtry can become a powerhouse" THEY FUTURE OF A COUNTRY LAY OF THE HANDS OF THE YOUTH!!!!
Unfortunately, a big part of their youth is distracted.
India stands strongly with Africa. We have suffered together that’s why we would prosper together .❤
Really enjoy your mega city videos. Very cool peeks into other parts of the world.
Thanks Mitchell, that's exactly what I'm aiming for!
This is crazy...heart rendering and just unacceptable ....i know NOT everybody is poor in the Congo....but most are, and with the vast amount of Wealth in resources this has to stop....Congolese its time to RISE UP and take control of ur resources and Country.....Fr Jamaica with Love.
I am surprised that congo has such beautiful 😊landscape and high flow rate river that can produce electricity for whole africasuch amazing country .i hope it will rise up
Bro... Its either the history of Kinshasa or the history of Dr Congo! I had to fast forward...
War and corruption is the curse of Africa which is arguably the richest continent in the world.
Congo should have been Dubai of Africa..
Woooow. Amazing job on this kind sir. Please make one on Ghana’s failing economy and gold rush
They deserve a lot more.
AWSOME thank you! wish this video could of been a lot longer!! thanks
Thanks, me too!
Because he ran out bad sh.t to show,he didn't want to show u the good stuff...
Awesome video, keep up the great work! Could you do Medellín next?
It’s just a sad and heartbreaking video to watch , Europeans,Chineses and politicians and a few elite benefit while the rest of population are treated like slaves being exploited ,terrible living conditions, greed make humans the worse than irrational animals.
I have no words I’m feeling defeated 😔
Having such a rapid population growth dilutes the bit of wealth that people can accumulate. Women have an average of 6 children. It is hard to provide for so many and still build wealth. The median age in the Congo is only 15.6 years.
You're right
I think they now need Chinese mindset to keep their birth rate in check lol
The Grand Inga Dam and the Inga 3 and 4 megapeojects could be the most ambitiously profitable projects ever to be conducted in Africam history since the Egyptian and Nilotic Pyramids.
Exactly !
We do not realize how powerful we are as a people 🇨🇩.. once we realize we don’t need these governments and organize ourselves.. they’ll come begging… the mentality must change! Too many of our people are suffering
When did they ever not suffer?
Kinshasa is the most important consumer centre of the republic and the core of its industrial and commercial activity. The city serves as the headquarters of major public corporations and of privately owned industrial and commercial companies.
Africa is such a beautiful continent.
You talked surprisingly little about the actual cityscape 😳🤣
Ghetto
Thats not a city, it’s a slum. And they OWN it. Don’t blame the colonial era, before they arrived, there was slavery, wars and brutality.
DR Congo could've been the Japan of Africa. I wish the country's influential people knew how to work collectively for the greater good of the country instead of mere greedy and corrupt personal gain. We will never succeed like this no matter how many resources we have
There will never be an equivalent to Japan in Africa
@@prometheusjackson8787 why not?
@@mog7501 Because they can't even build roads
@@prometheusjackson8787 We do build some. The real issue is that funding for both development projects and education ( so Congo could develop competent engineers and such) is eaten up by politicians and foreigners. Leaving the country's people helpless, poor, and uneducated. If Congo were able to vitalize and consolidate their resources, be serious about fighting corruption, stop foreign influence,, there's no reason why they couldn't be the next Japan. But it will take decades of work.
@@mog7501 starts from people, and to fix people, maybe a benevolent dictator is needed to provide education and law and order with iron fist, and finally people are educated enough to maintain the government. Just a thought, same thing in my country.
Cairo remains Africa's largest city in terms of population (for now), followed by Lagos and then Kinshasa. Projections are that Lagos and Kinshasa will be the world's #1 and #2 by 2100. Johannesburg is Africa's largest city in terms of urban sprawl, somewhat behind the other three in terms of population, and with much slower population growth rates.
In reality, what Africa more needs is severe and urgent birth control programs, as the population of most countries on that continent is growing at explosive rates, threatening the entire planet. Because of this, they are already exporting Africans even to South America!
At 0:09. No, that's incorrect. The latest figures show that Cairo, Egypt is still the most populous city in Africa, with over 24 million, followed by Lagos, Nigeria, at 20 million. Kinshasa is at third, with 15 million. Growth rates in Kinshasa, though, are way higher than they are in Cairo or even Lagos, so it will grow to a city of 30 million by maybe 2035 or so. Then it will be the largest metropolis in all of Africa.
I think they looked at the municipality number and indeed the metropolis number is more important. That's amazing numbers : this city is growing by around a million people a year.
If you go beyond 2035 it will become the bigest metropolis in the world, a country within a country.
doubling its population in 10 years is crazy btw
This was eye opening. Incredible footage and narration. Captivating!
very well edited
I hope this century brings prosperity and peace to Africa. The continent could be a powerhouse.
Compare to brutal western colonialism and exploitation, Chinese investment and Comercial dealing in Africa is more fair an ethical and fair.
LOL.
Evil Chinese building all those roads and hospitals.
US again? Belgium? I'm tired, I'm out of words. Then Chinese, everywhere there is war. At least there is infrastructure finally. Life? And the African struggle.
Kinshasa is not the most populous city in all of Arica. That is a title awared to Lagos.
Congolese people change mentality 🙏🏿🇨🇩
Correction, the first to exploit Congo were the Omanis, then from the Zanzibar sultanate, they delt mostly on slaves who were used to hunt elephants, then ferry them all the way to the East Coast of Africa. Then came the Belgians who chased the Arabs and started rubber slavery.
Wrong. It was the Portuguese...
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 Ever heard of the Arab slave trade in Africa, or where do you think they learned swahili from?
@@b.k.5659 The Portuguese were on the western part of the DRC long before any Arabs got to the Eastern part. And Swahili was primarily taught to them by Belgian missionaries among other missionary groups. That's how Swahili spread throughout to most of us who speak it; through colonial intervention. Next
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 The Portuguese arrived in Africa in the fifth century, during the age of exploration (1495), Arabs have been around Africa since the caliphate, in the East Coast of Africa from early as the second century trading ivory and slaves from Congo interior through the Indian Ocean trade
@@b.k.5659 Sir. Google is your friend. The first Arabs got to Congo in the 1800s. They were in the East for much longer
Is Kinshasa bigger than Lagos Nigeria? 😳😳😳
I would like to visit Kinshasa then. Marvelled by that today😱😱😱
Lol before watch the video i wanted to comment please do Jakarta next... And at the end of your video you say next video Will be Jakarta 😂
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It's the same pattern everywhere in the world when it comes to chinese, as they need the resource they don't have. I just hate the chinese politics.
Such bright, intelligent people who have the potential to change the world, relegated to backbreaking physical labor solely due to circumstance.
Congo remind me of Haiti 🇭🇹
Congo is way better than Haiti.I know that because there are haitians living in Congo but u ll never find one congolese living in Haiti.
@@declokazadi4264 I don’t think so, Haiti Gdp per capita is the twice of the Congo, it means that Haiti has twice the money per person, and has a lower HDI (human development index)
@@NoNamePerson98 Haiti is a small country. Congo has 100 million people almost 10x more and an economy almost 5x as big.
@@NoNamePerson98
Those r just nbrs,the gdp per capita of the USA is 62000$,yet so many millions Americans r making less than that. That nbr is high because of the billionaires.... Comparing RDC to Haiti is like comparing a VW beetle to a F1 Ferrari if u look at their potentials,and RDC got a positive president now.
A lot of Haitian are actually Congolese in blood
For sure,,,I can't believe this kind of life our fellow Africans facing.
Kinshasa isn't the largest megacity in Africa. That honor goes to Lagos with a population of 21 million.
the most populated city in Africa is Kinshasa with 15.6 million inhabitants, Lagos 15.4 million and Cairo 10 million, but Lagos is the city, in metropolitan area (great Lagos area), the most populated in Africa with 28 million inhabitants ahead of Cairo (21 million inhabitants ) and Kinshasa (17 million inhabitants).
@@samuelluyindula2049 No such distinction between Lagos State and the city. At least not anymore. The entire state is one big city. If you've been you'd know that.
More a 'plight' than honor.
Of course Kinshasa is the biggest mega city Lagos maybe has more population don’t know but Kinshasa is bigger than Lagos that why he says Kinshasa is the Mega city in Africa.
It’s always Nigeria? They’re not talking about the population.Everyone is aware that Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa.Kinshasa is richer than Lagos by far i terms of natural resources.
I guess this is why God is patience in His coming back, so many people need to hear the gospel.
It is a super power in the making.
not even close
@@IllusiveDude it easily could be. So easily. Just not destined to become.
Never
THANKS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL NARRATIVE SPEAKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INCONVENIENCED BY BAD LEADERSHIP. HOWEVER THIS ALL CAN CHANGE VERY QUICKLY.
This is about the country DRC not the City Kinshasa.
I am from the Philippines although my country is a developing country but this is just very difficult to live in. Even a normal paved roads and motorcycle doesnt exist.
Why did a document about Kinshasa have nothing to do with the city but everything to do with blaming the Chinese for Congos trouble? It's a form of colonialism, Talk about Belgian congo if you want the reason for congos troubles. They could have developed at any point without foreign intervention.
In 1960 what was the congo was one of the most developed countries in africa
@@clayton97330 huh?
@@awsomeguy02 sorry, had a typo, niw edited
@@awsomeguy02 the country was ruined by war and 18 years of kabila dictatorship but it recovering now.
the amazing stories my dad and his siblings and parents tell me of how DR Congo used to be makes me sad that this is where it at now.
Lived there in the 1970s and indeed I still refer to those years as the most marvelous days of my life. Kinshasa was modern yet verdant green, something that's now sorely missing from the city.
Allow the Chinese to operate in your country,and your country is Doomed!
Tell them
Mboka elengi! I was there 3 weeks ago. Beautiful city and beautiful people
Can you do Chicago: America's Recent Megacity plz
Soon...Chi is not quite there yet. But I'll hooefully quickly be expanding the series beyond those with 10+ mil built up urban areas.
@@TheDailyConversation but Chicago does have over 10 million people
Hear me now, 20 years from now I guarantee you all will have known about me from all facets of media! I will be the engineer that fully industrialized my country and paved the way for its true potential to be reached. I, like all my other family members have been given the opportunity to thrive in a more prosperous nation, but unlike them I shall use all these advantages I have been given to bring this prosperity to the millions of my fellow Congolese people with equal if not far greater potential than I currently carry so they can aid in bringing our country forward. I stand as an electrical engineer to be the one who completed the Ingas, fully connected the whole country not only by power but also by rail, and the one who set the first steps in our staircase of Sub-Saharan African welfare!
And dont forget, you're also the most modest of all kings of the world.
@IT 3025 I don't plan to be a ruler but instead plan to help my country move forward with the knowledge I'm currently acquiring. Plus I've hated all forms of monarchy my entire life so if I were to rule it would be by election.