The Rector of the University of Kinshasa, Professor Daniel NGOMA-ya-NZUZI, signed on August 7, 2020 a new schedule for the public defense of doctoral and aggregation theses in medicine for the month of August 2020.

                    Indeed, interrupted on March 19, 2020 following the closure of UNIKIN imposed by the state of emergency decreed by the President of the Republic in view of the scale of the CORONAVIRUS pandemic, scientific activities, mainly the public defenses of theses, dissertations and final year projects, resumed on August 3.

                    The new program signed by the Rector of the University of Kinshasa has planned the public defense of the following doctoral and aggregation theses in medicine:

• August 14, 2020: “Problems of the competitiveness of the Congolese pharmaceutical industry in the context of free trade: challenges of innovations in plant-based products and lessons learned from Algerian policies”.
• A doctoral thesis in Management Sciences supported by CT Peter KASONGO BATUSSE of the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences/UNIKIN.
• Promoter: Professor Mathias NZANDA BUANA KALEMBA VITA.
• Co-promoter: Professor Timothée KATANGA MUKUMADI.
• President of the jury: Professor Séraphin MVUDI MATINGU.
• Chair of the session: Professor Daniel NGOMA-ya-NZUZI.
• Mention obtained by the winner: Great Distinction.
• August 20, 2020: “Electric energy consumption and poverty of urban households in the Democratic Republic of Congo”.
• A doctoral thesis in Economic Sciences defended by Head of Works Jean-Paul KONDE KONDE of the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management/UNIKIN.
• Promoter: Professor Séraphin MVUDI MATINGU.
• Co-promoter: Professor Jean-Pierre BOSONGA BOFEKI.
• President of the jury: Professor Michel KIKA MAVUNDA.
• Chair of the session: Professor Eustache BANZA NSOMWE-A-FUNKWA.
• Mention obtained by the winner: Great Distinction.
• August 21, 2020: “Peasant dynamics and development of the oil palm sector: the case of peasant organizations supported by the CDI BWAMANDA project in Mateko, Kwilu province in the DRC”.
• A doctoral thesis in Agronomic Sciences supported by CT Claude AKALAKOU MAYIMBA of the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences/UNIKIN.
• Thesis supervisor: Professor Charles KINKELA Savy.
• Co-promoter: Professor Philippe LEBAILLY of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of Gembloux (Belgium).
• President of the Jury: Professor Eric SUMBU ZOLA LEZI.
• Chair of the session: Professor Daniel NGOMA-ya-NZUZI.
• Mention obtained by the winner: The Highest Distinction.
• August 22, 2020: “Mathematical modeling integrating epidemiological data for the control of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a resource-limited country: the case of the DRC”.
• An Aggregation thesis in Medicine supported by CT Dr Serge BISUTA FUEZA of the Faculty of Medicine/UNIKIN.
• Promoter: Professor Jean-Marie KAYEMBE NTUMBA.
• President of the Jury: Professor Benjamin LONGO MBENZA.
• Chair of the session: Professor Godefroid KABENGELE DIBWE.
• Mention obtained by the winner: for a medical thesis, the jury does not give a mention.

It simply states that the candidate has passed all the tests.

In addition to defending the doctoral dissertation, the candidate from the Faculty of Medicine gives a public lecture of approximately 30 minutes without debate.

• The title of the public lecture by CT Serge BISUTA FUEZA is: “Current events in the treatment of bronchopulmonary cancer”.

All thesis defenses take place in the room Bishop Luc GILLON.

The comments of the journalists who covered this scientific activity and those of the Head of the UNIKIN Communications Department can be summed up as follows: the Head of Works Serge BISUTA FUEZA has a perfect command of the subject of his dissertation and that of his public lecture.

He made a positive impression on both the jury members and the audience in the room. Congratulations to Mr. Serge BISUTA FUEZA, who was awarded the title of Associate Professor of Higher Education in Medicine by the University of Kinshasa.

The Director of Communications of UNIKIN

Mathieu IYEMPILA MONKAVA