Publications

Technologies and transformations in DR Congo’s ASGM. Editors: Sara Geenen, Bossissi Nkuba & Ben Radley

• Geenen, S., Nkuba, B. & Radley, B. (2022) Technologies and transformations: traces from a collective research project. Extractive Industries and Society, 101184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101184

• Bikubanya, D. L., & Radley, B. (2022). Productivity and profitability: Investigating the economic impact of gold mining mechanisation in Kamituga, DR Congo. The Extractive Industries and Society, 12, 101162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101162 

• Kabunga, D., & Geenen, S. (2022). Work regimes and technology-driven transformations in DRCongo's artisanal and small-scale gold mines. The Extractive Industries and Society, 12, 101142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101142 

• Marijsse, S., & Mwisha, T. M. (2022). Taming air and water: The fight against shimoke in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in South Kivu. The Extractive Industries and Society, 12, 101168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101168 

• Nkuba, B., Muhanzi, A. & Zahinda, M. (2022) How do technologies is artisanal and small-scale mining affect health and the environment? Extractive Industries and Society, 101178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101178

• Geenen, S., Kabilambali, G., Bashizi, F. M., & Vanlerberghe, E. (2022). Women who “age too fast”: Female work, bodies and health in the gold mines of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Extractive Industries and Society, 12, 101138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101138 

• 2024, Impacts de l’extraction artisanale d’or sur la santé et l’environnement en Afrique : une revue systématique. Conjonctures de l’Afrique Centrale 2024. 

• 2022, Nkuba, B., Muhanzi, A. & Zahinda, M. How do technologies is artisanal and small-scale mining affect health and the environment? Extractive Industries and Society, 101178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101178

• 2022, Melake, B., Nkuba, B., Groeffen, T., de Boeck, G. & Bervoets, L. Distribution of metals in water, sediment and fish tissue, consequences for human health risks due to fish consumption in Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia. Science of the Total Environment. 843, 156968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156968

• 2022, Balegamire, N., Nkuba, B. & Dable, P. Manufacturing of gold mine tailings based concrete pavers, by substitution of natural river sand in Misisi, Eastern Congo. Cleaner Engineering and Technology 7, 100427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2022.100427

• 2022, Prescott, G., Baird, M., Geenen, S., Nkuba, B., Phelps, J. & Webb, E.  Formalizing artisanal and small-scale gold mining: a grand challenge of the Minamata Convention. One Earth 556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.02.005

• 2022, Melake, B., Bervoets, L., Nkuba, B. & Groffen, T. Distribution of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water, sediment, and fish tissue, and the potential human health risks due to fish consumption in Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia. Environmental research, 204, 112033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112033

• 2022, Balegamire, N., Dable, P., Kone, K. & Nkuba, B. Use of a design of experiments (DOE) for the study of substitution of natural river sand (NRS) by gold mine tailings (GMT) in concrete manufacturing. Recycling 7 (4), 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling7040050

• 2022, Geenen, S., Nkuba, B. & Radley, B. Technologies and transformations: traces from a collective research project. Extractive Industries and Society, 101184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101184

• 2021, Groffen, T., Nkuba, B., Wepener, V. & Bervoets, L. Risk posed by PFAS on the African continent, with an emphasis on aquatic ecosystems. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 17, 726-732. https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4404

• 2019, Nkuba, B., Bervoets, L. and Geenen, S. Invisible and ignored? Local perspectives on mercury in Congolese gold mining. Journal of Cleaner Production 221 : 795-804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.174  

• 2017, Nkuba, B., Bervoets, L. et Geenen, S. Le mercure dans l’exploitation de l’or : responsabilité environnementale et perceptions locales. Conjonctures congolaises n°91 : 191-213.

• 2016, Miderho, C., Birimwiragi, F., Kadorho, A., Shamamba, D., Bisimwa, B., Safari, I., Nkuba, B. et Walangululu, J. Inventaire floristique des mauvaises herbes dans une caféiculture en pure dans le territoire de Kabare, R.D.Congo. Journal of Applied Biosciences. 119, 11904-11916. https://doi.org/10.4314/jab.v119i1.7

• 2016, Muhindo, I., Majaliwa, M., Katusabe, A., Walangululu, M. and Nkuba, B.: Projected impact of climate change on rice yield in two agroecological zones in South-Kivu, DRC. African Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 1 (3): 299-310. https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.263431 

• 2015, Nkuba, B., Bashagaluke, J., Cidoro, V., Walangululu, J. and Pypers, P.: The best choice of fertilizer for a maize (Zea mays) and climbing beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) rotation for high-, mean- and low-income farmers in East DRC. Academia Journal of Agricultural Research 3(3): 029-036.

• 2024, Coût environnemental des matériaux dans la construction d’une ville africaine: cas de Bukavu en République Démocratique du Congo (No. 2024.05). Universiteit Antwerpen, IOB. 

• 2024, Between M23 and electric vehicles. Africa is a Country. https://africasacountry.com/2024/04/betweenm23-and-electric-vehicles 

• 2024, Long-term Monitoring of Environmental and Geophysical Impacts in Conflict-Endured Zones: A Landscape Perspective on Kivu Lake (No. EGU24-12062). Copernicus Meetings. 

• 2024, Health, well-being & nutrition: domain report. Working paper 15. African City Research Consortium. June 2024. 

• 2024, La construction, l’industrialisation et l'urbanisation: un parcours historique de la ville de Bukavu en République Démocratique du Congo (No. 2024.01). Universiteit Antwerpen, IOB. 

• 2024. Un monde en chantier: le travail décent dans le secteur de construction et sa chaîne d'approvisionnement . Working papers/University of Antwerp. IOB; -Antwerp. 

• 2023, Security through market integration? The political economy of the DRC’s accession to the EAC. Discussion paper 341. Maastricht: ECDPM. 

• 2023, The women who age too fast: embodied experiences in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2023 state of the artisanal and small-scale mining sector/World Bank (pp. 119-122). 2023, Critical minerals at stake in DRC’s upcoming elections in Ballot amid crisis: voting in the DRC. Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). 

• 2021, Technologies (ir)responsables dans l’orpaillage : quels risques pour l’environnement et la santé ? Cas de Kamituga et Misisi, en R.D. Congo. Working paper. University of Antwerp 2021.6.

• 2021, La fièvre de l’or : santé et environnement dans les mines d’or de Kamituga. Working paper. University of Antwerp 2021.10.

• 2020, Plan d’Action National pour la Reduction du mercure et le Développement de l’EMAPE d’or. CEGEMI-UCB, ACE & UNITAR.

• 2018, L’or artisanal congolais : analyse socio-économique et de l’utilisation du mercure. CEGEMI-UCB, ACE & UNITAR.

• 2018, Effet d’application de différentes sources d’azote sur le rendement et la rentabilité du maïs à Mudaka, territoire de Kabare au Sud-Kivu. Revue des sciences agronomiques et d’ingénierie biologique appliquée du Kivu, n°1 : 175-190.

• 2018, Etat des lieux de l’adoption de nouvelles variétés des principales cultures dans la province du Sud-Kivu en République Démocratique du Congo, Revue des sciences agronomiques et d’ingénierie biologique appliquée du Kivu, n°1 : 23-44.

• 2016, contributing-author to: Larsen, C. et al. Mercury trade and use for artisanal and small-scale gold mining. World Bank Final report.

• 2015, Gestion de l’érosion des sols par intégration des plantes fourragères dans les agroécosystèmes du bushi, Sud-Kivu. Cahier du CERUKI, Nouvelle série, n°47: 137-145.

• 2014, Efficiency and profitability of Water Saving Technologies on Irrigated Rice in South-Kivu Province, DR Congo. Fourth RUFORUM Biennial Regional Conference 21 - 25 July 2014, Maputo, Mozambique: 139-143.

• 2014, Characterisation of historical and projected climate of rice prone areas in South-Kivu province, DRC. Fourth RUFORUM Biennial Regional Conference 21 - 25 July 2014, Maputo, Mozambique: 133-137.

• 2014, contributing-author to : Thiemann, S. et al. Integrated Watershed Management for Urban Water Security. Mbale, Uganda. DAAD, Free University of Berlin, Makerere University, IWM-network: 61pp.