Digital economy in DRC
Where the networks run, who is connected and how fast, who is building data centres, and where the tech markets are strongest.
People using the internet: DRC against SADC
People using the internet, people, latest year for each country. Click a bar for that country's digital economy page.
DRC's trade in digital economy goods since 2012
Exports and imports of the products in this pillar's subsectors, each product counted once, US$
Subsectors
11 in this pillarMobile networks in DRC
- Tracks
- Operators, subscriptions and share, data traffic, base stations by technology, revenue and investment, spectrum.
- Signals ahead
- Spectrum auctions, licence conditions, tower deals.
Select a figure for its trend. Source: CEPII BACI, dotzedw deals tracker.
Trade in detail
DRC exported US$166k and imported US$187m of mobile networks in 2024; exports down 93% on five years earlier, 0% of what SADC sells abroad.
DRC's main exports in this subsector, 2024
DRC's trade in mobile networks every year since 2012, by partner is part of the Individual plan
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What DRC sells abroad across digital economy
DRC's exports by subsector, 2024, US$, with its share of SADC's exports. A product can count in two subsectors.
Who is moving
Open in the deals tracker3 deals in the last 12 months involving DRC, placed in subsectors by what they say.
- 2026-07-16 · DRC · Development finance · Completed · TowersIFC invests in Eastcastle Infrastructure DRC S.R.L.U.
- 2026-06-25 · DRC · Development finance · Completed · Not yet placedIFC invests in Airtel Congo RDC SA
- 2026-06-03 · DRC · Venture capital · Reported talks · Start-ups and venture fundingSpiro raises $215M as it eyes Ethiopia and DRC expansion
- 2023-06-23 · DRC · Development finance · Completed · TowersIFC invests in Eastcastle Infrastructure DRC S.R.L.U.