Olivier Kahola

Université de Lubumbashi, RDC, Lubumbashi

The main objectives of this study were to understand the mobile money environment in Congo and to describe and analyze the representations and practices of users of these financial services via cell phones. It was also asked whether mobile money is a potential site for financial inclusion. If users of these mobile financial services generally emph...

Dans un contexte socio-économique où il y a pléthore d’individus qualifiés et/ou l’offre d’emploi est insuffisante, chaque opportunité de travail est une source d’enjeux et de compétition. En République démocratique du Congo (RDC), afin de réussir leur insertion professionnelle, les demandeurs d’emploi tendent à plus mobiliser les logiques informel...

Régulièrement, nous entendons que les Africains sont solidaires. Ce discours encensant cache bien d’autres formes d’échanges entre les parents, notamment les aides clandestines envers les familles d’origine des conjoints. Le plus souvent, on se contente des réalités présentées sur la sphère publique comme le transfert aux parents des biens matériel...

Between collaboration and confrontation : the ambivalence of relations between public authorities and street children in Lubumbashi (DRC) This article takes field surveys as a basis for building an understanding of the ambivalence found in the relations between public authorities and street children in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Cong...

Bribes and violence are commonplace in a Lubumbashi police station. They are practices inseparable from the ‘bidding for justice’ between plaintiffs and suspects: because agents are not paid by the state, justice goes to the highest bidder. Carrying out research in the police milieu creates serious fears about making these practices known: Why is t...