02 May 2024

The number of mobile internet subscriptions in Congo has increased by 61% in five years, from 2.1 million in 2019 to 3.4 million in 2023, according to the Post and Electronic Communications Regulatory Agency (ARPCE).

The growth in the number of subscriptions to mobile internet services over 2019-2023 resulted in a 337% increase in traffic over the same period, from 15.9 billion megabytes to 69.4 billion megabytes.

The Congolese government aims to promote equitable access to digital services for all citizens by 2025 in accordance with the national digital transformation strategy ‘Congo Digital 2025’ launched in August 2019. The country is increasing investments in strengthening the national telecoms infrastructure with the construction of data centres, the connection of the country to a second submarine fibre optic cable, and interconnection by fibre optic to neighbouring countries.