Tag: Kinshasa
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Updates 2025
A quick update on my life and Congo in December 2025 with some photos!
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Le golf en République Démocratique du Congo
Saviez-vous qu’il y a 2 terrains de golf en République Démocratique du Congo? Oui, un à Kinshasa et un autre à Lubumbashi. Tous les deux sont des 18 trous!
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What’s happening in the Congo right now?
Thoughts on the Congo in 2025 : rebels, war, peace, future
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100% Congolese produce and arts and crafts
Do you want to support the local Congolese economy? Do you want quality food products? Here are a few that I can recommend. Here are a few that I know of.
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The current state of affairs in the DRC – November 2024
I sit here on an overcast Saturday in Kinshasa. It isn’t too hot. The weather has been a bit unpredictable with rains in the mornings and afternoons. We’ve had some sweltering heat as well. The sun has been brutal on some days.
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Sultan’s chicken samosa (sort of)
Recipe for Sultan’s chicken samosa. Ismaili/Indian recipe.
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International schools in Kinshasa
Sending your kids to school in the DRC can be challenging. I studied at the French school in the 1990s. It was a good education. They followed the French national system and was accredited in France. Today there are more or less good schools. Some are very expensive, others are more reasonable. You can even…
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Working in the Congo as a 3rd generation immigrant
What is it like to work in the DRC in 2024? Are you thinking of living here or moving here? What are expenses like? What kind of life will you have? Read on to find what it can be like.
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Kinshasa’s classic food dives and bars
The classic spots in Kinshasa
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What you can learn in the DRC
Sure, you think you’re all that because you grew up in a developed country that didn’t go to war, that is not completely corrupt, that has good roads, a working government, a history with plenty of culture, that was never colonised and then some.
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Electric Kinshasa on a Saturday night
What Kinshasa feels like on a Saturday night: terrasses, bars, clubs, traffic, parties, electric
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Kinshasa, a megacity of traffic, chaos, potholes, plastic and puddles
A rant about Kinshasa
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Le Jardin Botanique et Zoo de Kinshasa
Une visite du jardin botanique et le zoo de Kinshasa.
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Pensées un mardi des martyrs
Aujourd’hui, on se rappel des héros nationaux, Joseph Kabila et Patrice Lumumba (17 Janvier). Kabila père est mort en 2001, il y a 22 ans. Lumumba en 1961. Il y a 63 ans.
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Photographs of the Kinshasa golf course
Photographs of the Kinshasa golf course in the 2020s. I took these photographs in the last few years. I was the volunteer greenkeeper in 2022 with the help of a great golf and central committee at the time and two great interns from Africa Turf Academy and from South Africa, Daniel Van Staden and Marthinus…
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Golf courses – photographs
Here are some pictures of golf courses in Africa and other regions, but mainly from Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Johannesburg. DRC, South Africa, Belgium & Italy Nicaragua Nejapa golf course
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A weekend at La Bohême de Maluku lodge
A weekend at La Bohême de Maluku lodge. Maybe you have felt this before. Maybe you have wanted to get out of Kinshasa, but the ordeal of leaving the city is a scary thought.
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Dead bodies, filth, chaos, traffic, mangoes and corrupt cops. Another day in Kinshasa
I drove. Sorry, I didn’t drive. I was driven from Gombe to Limete to meet a client this morning. On the way there, we saw a dead body, motorcycles taking over our lane, some were even being picked up onto the sidewalks to avoid the traffic! There were also huge piles of garbage left and…
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Photographs of Kinshasa’s grimy streets
Kinshasa streets are grimy, dirty and smoggy. Tough people, rough edges, aggressive driving, dangerous motorcycle drivers. Seeing a white or mundele here is entertaining for most. You get all sorts of reactions: happiness, anger, curiosity, aggression, teasing, opportunistic and many others. Taking pictures is a cheeky business. If you’re caught you get in big trouble.…
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Kinshasa nightlife guide of sorts
As you may know, Kinshasa is a party town. Just type “Nightclub” on Google Maps, and you will get 110 recommendations (I counted them all!). See here. Since the 60s, Kinshasa or Léopoldville as it was called, vibrated to the sounds of the guitar and other instruments. Jean Depara, one of Africa’s well known photographers…
Emilio in Congo (DRC) 