THE STATUS OF THE ENTREPRENEUR

Since the 1980s, we have witnessed a vertiginous rise in the informal sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This continuous growth of the informal economy to the detriment of the formal economic circuit is the testimony of a lack of organization of the national economy. The informal sector has imposed itself over the years as the main animator of life in our various cities. The informal sector provides schooling, food, and housing, and is now the main provider of jobs in our country. But beyond its importance, because the informal sector alone represents nearly 80% of economic activities, it constitutes on the one hand a loss of income for the Congolese State, especially in terms of taxation, and on the other hand the actors of the informal economy do not benefit from any social protection without forgetting that they are automatically excluded from the banking system. To address this problem, the OHADA community law, which our country has ratified, has introduced in 2010 a new legal regime which is that of the Entrepreneur to allow the apprehension of the informal sector.