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Saturday, 23.11.2024
Transforming Government since 2001

CD: Kongo, Dem. Rep. / Congo, Dem. Rep.

  • Congo approves national strategy for the development of a digital economy

    Congo can now boost its growth with the IT and communications sector. Indeed, on May 2, 2019, the national strategy for the development of a digital economy was approved during a ministerial council. Soon, the related decree will be promulgated.

    According to Léon Juste Ibombo, the minister of posts, telecommunications and digital economy, the strategy defines Congo’s digital vision till 2025. It focuses on three sections namely E-citizenship, E-government and E-business.

  • CD: Bürgerbeteiligung per Mobilfunk

    ICT4Gov-Leiter: "Vertrauen zwischen Bürger und Regierung hergestellt"

    Das World Bank Institute (WBI) http://wbi.worldbank.org arbeitet seit 2007 an demokratiebildenden Maßnahmen in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo (DRK). Seit 2010 versucht man sich an der Umsetzung von Bürgerhaushalten, etwa in der kriegszerüttenden Region Süd-Kivu. Dort führte die Beteiligung der Bevölkerung nicht nur zur Umsetzung erster Projekte, sondern auch zu verstärktem Vertrauen zwischen Bürgern und Politik, berichtet der ICT4Gov-Teamleiter Boris Weber http://ict4gov.net gegenüber pressetext. Ein wichtiger Kommunikationskanal ist dabei der Mobilfunk, dessen Nutzung im Land stark ansteigt.

  • CD: Kinshasa gets Internet exchange

    A new Internet Exchange Point (IXP) was launched earlier this month in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will help Government with the implementation of E-governments services and will lower the cost of local application development.

    The Kinshasa IXP (KINIX) was funded through the Internet Society’s Community Grants Programme and managed by the DRC ISP Association (ISPA-DRC), as part of its DRC-IX project, which aims to establish IXPs in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, and Goma.

  • CD: Most DRC government ministries still have no websites

    The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may have inaugurated a fibre optic landing station and may be promoting the ‘revolution of modernism’, but its ministries and other institutions have nothing to do with modernism and digital revolution.

    Apart from the office of the Prime Minister (Primature), the Presidency, the Senate and a few ministries that have websites, most of the government ministries are nowhere to be found online, and only a lucky Google research can show that a certain ministry exists in the country.

  • Congo, Rwanda to enhance cooperation in ICT

    Congo and Rwanda have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in the field of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).

    The agreement was announced on Friday in Brazzaville, after a meeting between Thierry Moungalla and Jean Philbert Nsengimana, Congolese and Rwandan Ministers in charge of ICT respectively.

    The Rwandan Minister highlighted the efforts made by his country in the past 15 years to connect to the world through fiber optic technology.

  • Mobile-Enhanced Participatory Budgeting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are helping increase citizen participation, positively transforming the relation between citizens and their government, ultimately resulting in more effective public service delivery.

    Mobile phones are performing a key role in enhancing transparency and accountability. Mobile penetration in the DRC is increasing rapidly, from 16% to 47% in 2013. In addition, 55% of the country’s population resides in areas currently covered by mobile networks, including most rural areas from the eastern province of South Kivu.

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