SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID-19 IN DRC CONGO

Man evolves in a system in which the links of the system, which are the economy, politics, medicine (health), agriculture, the environment, technology, etc., work in synergy and these elements impact each other. Thus, the harmony of the system makes the well-being of humanity. However, in January 2020, a virus called Corona virus came to put in difficulty the health of humanity (medicine). As a result of the pandemic, the Congolese Government revised downwards its initial growth forecast for the 2020 fiscal year, reducing it from 4% to 1%. Several sectors that support the Congolese economy have been shaken relentlessly leaving the economy of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a serious precariousness, (while the industrial mining sector, one of the sectors that support more than 45% of the country's budget, has faced transport problems caused by the pandemic, the strict measures taken by the Congolese government and the closure of borders internationally to cope with the pandemic), affecting the export of minerals and the import of essential inputs.

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Joseph NTITEGEKA es licenciado en gestión financiera por la Facultad de Economía y Gestión de la Universidad de Lubumbashi. También es un investigador, analista, asesor comercial y formador comercial independiente.