A physicist by training and previously assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Kinshasa, Alain Daniel Shekomba is currently a director of a telecommunications company. He has expertise in the creation of companies in the IT sector. The former student president of the University of Kinshasa, academic year 1999 – 2000 declared his candidacy for the highest office in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Who is he, what is his political background and program? Among a multitude of declared and expected applications, what is the added value of this newcomer in politics, leader of “New Mission”? What is his weight on the Congolese political scene? The one we nicknamed “Lumumba updated” illuminates our lantern. Does it update the ideals of Patrice Emery Lumumba?


