Genew Technologies and Zhongshi Wosen, both Chinese companies, will help the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) build its fiber optic network. The Congolese Minister of Telecoms, Augustin Maliba, signed the related memorandum of understanding (MoU) on April 7, 2025. "With the support of the. SOCOF and APCSC to deploy fibre along new roads in the DRC Congolese Fiber Optic Company (SOCOF SA) has reportedly signed a partnership with the Agency for the Coordination and Monitoring of Collaboration Agreements (APCSC) to deploy optical fibre networks along new roads to be built in the. The Democratic Republic of the Congo faced the problem of developing its poor optical communication infrastructure due to frequent breakdowns of the existing fiber-optic backbone network and the participation restriction in building the national backbone network of the private sector. The. Implemented by an association of technology companies led by Meta (formerly Facebook), the “2Africa” project aims to guarantee reliable, high-speed Internet connectivity for three billion people across Africa, Asia and Europe. Africa Global Logistics (AGL) was responsible for the logistics of the. SOCOF is a one-person limited company in which the Congolese State is the sole shareholder. Its main product is the internet for professionals. Thus, it offers services mainly in optical fiber, Vsat and wimax to large companies in sub-Saharan Africa and particularly in the Democratic.
