Kamala Kaghoma has a Ph.D in Economics from Université de Yaoundé II-Soa with majors in Econometrics and Environmental economics. He is currently working with the faculty of Economics and Management of the Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB) where he has been teaching for more than a decade now. Kamala’s main areas of research include Public Economics, Environmental Economics, Human resources Economics, Development microeconomics, Applied Macroeconomics, Applied econometrics and research methodology. His work focuses on child welfare related to water and sanitation access, poverty dynamics, social mobility and intergenerational (multidimensional) welfare transmission with emphasis on African countries. He is currently working on several issues like the role of social networks with regards to the management of natural resources, youth employment, entrepreneurship and internal migration and post-exploitation dynamics of restoration of artisanal mining sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Kamala Kaghoma has conducted field researches and surveys in DRC and has some consultancy experience in Africa.