Economic History of the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1885 to 2023

A diachronic study of the Congolese economy from 1885 to the present day reveals that the D.R. Congo's economy is extroverted dependent fragile and not very dynamic. Since the 1990s it has been dominated by the informal sector. It should be noted that the Congolese have never managed their own economy. Under E.I.C. it was Leopold II who took control. During colonization Belgium took the baton of the pilgrim. After independence neo-colonialism imposed itself with unparalleled voracity.The country is poorly industrialized which implies large-scale importation of basic necessities. In short the Congolese economy was held hostage by Westerners.