Following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with Dassault Systèmes for the deployment of the Virtual Twin of Kinshasa Kia Mona, the official delegation of the Democratic Republic of Congo continued its Paris sequence with a high-level strategic working meeting co-organized by MEDEF International and Carousel Finance.
The session brought together H.E. Alexis Gisaro, Minister of State in charge of Urban Planning and Housing, Mr. Thierry Katembwe Mbala, Principal Coordinator of the CSSPEVK, and H.E. Émile Ngoy Kasongo, Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo to France, alongside a targeted group of French companies with recognized expertise in urban development, infrastructure delivery, energy, logistics, utilities, engineering, and digital solutions.
At the core of the discussions was Kinshasa Kia Mona, a government-led urban extension designed to address Kinshasa’s demographic growth and critical needs in basic services and strategic infrastructure. The Congolese authorities reiterated a clear ambition: to build long-term partnerships and mobilize French expertise through an operational framework, aligned with the project’s governance and implementation roadmap.
During the meeting, Carousel Finance presented the financial and partnership structuring approach currently being implemented with the CSSPEVK. The objective is now explicit: to structure a French consortium on an initial perimeter of 2,500 hectares within the new city, representing an investment trajectory estimated at USD 3 billion. Discussions focused on sectoral allocation, identification of potential industrial leads, and the financing and risk-mitigation instruments that can support execution at scale.
This Paris sequence marks a transition from strategic positioning to operational structuring, with the intention to move quickly toward concrete engagement formats (technical workstreams, letters of intent, and pre-agreement pathways) in coordination with the Congolese authorities.
Next milestone: a business mission to Kinshasa from April 22 to April 24, 2026, during the French Week, to continue structuring the consortium and accelerate technical discussions on the ground.
