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Rewriting Africa’s Impact Investment Narrative

In the heart of Eastern Congo, a company named Pharmakina SA is doing something extraordinary. Established in 1942 and headquartered in Bukavu, Pharmakina is the world’s leading producer of quinine, a powerful anti-malarial compound derived from the bark of the cinchona tree. In a region marked by fragility and decades of instability,1 Pharmakina represents more than pharmaceutical manufacturing; it symbolizes resilience, regional self-reliance, and the promise of industrial revival.

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Christian Kingombe, an Impact Entrepreneur Magazine Correspondent, has earned a Ph.D. in Applied Development Economics at successively Centre for Development and Poverty Reduction (2004-2007) & Centre for Environmental Policy (2008-2010) at Imperial College London & University of London (2004-2010), UK, as well as a MSc. & BSc. from Economics Department ... Read more

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