Highlights

• DR Congo and Al Mansour Holding Seal 18 agreements totaling $21 billion.
• These investments are part of a $300 billion fund Doha has dedicated to Africa and Asia, handled via Al Mansour Holding.

On 2nd September 2025, Sheikh Al-Mansour Bin Jabor Bin Jassim Al Thani, leader of Al Mansour Holding and cousin of Qatar’s Emir, arrived in Kinshasa. This visit culminated in the signing of 18 agreements with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), totaling $21 billion according to the Prime Minister's office.

The signing ceremony was presided over by Deputy Prime Minster and Transportation Minister Jean-Pierre Bemba and attended by Public Health Minister Roger Kamba, Professional Training Minister Marc Ekila and other government members.

The agreements cover 15 sectors: fishing and livestock, agriculture, environment, public health, telecommunications, occupational training, national identity systems, logistics and transportation, water resources and electricity, finance and banking, cybersecurity, security and defense, urban development, mining and refining (copper, cobalt, gold), and hydrocarbons.

Although Sheikh Al-Mansour is acting as a private investor, these partnerships also involve the State of Qatar. As Jeune Afrique reported in August 2025, the $21 billion designated for DR Congo comes from a $300 billion fund that Doha has set aside for Africa and Asia, managed via Al Mansour Holding.

Key projects include the redevelopment of Kinshasa; the construction of Gateway City in Kasumbalesa; the creation of Congo Pharma, a medical equipment and drug manufacturing facility to reduce imports; the construction of 1.5 million affordable houses; the development of industrial units for the treatment and refining of minerals; and the modernisation of airports, including N'Dolo in Kinshasa.

In the oil and gas sector, there are plans to identify and assign strategic plots to Sonahydroc in the Albertine Graben and Central Basin, before a operational partnership with Amoc Oil and Gas, a subsidiary of Al Mansour Holding, is implemented. To secure these investments, preparatory documents also anticipate the deployment of private security companies in sensitive areas, approved by the Congolese Ministry of Defense.

According to Nidal Ammache, adviser to Sheikh Al-Mansour, these 18 memorandums are the result of a year of collaboration. Upon receiving the letter of intent, Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka praised a "win-win partnership" that demonstrates her government's openness to private investments, seen as a lever for economic diversification, job creation, and sustainable development.

Before Kinshasa, the Sheikh Al-Mansour and the Qatari delegation he led were in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Botswana. In these countries, they also sealed deals totaling $51 billion.

The tour is set to continue in Tanzania, Gabon, Burundi, Central African Republic, and Angola, with a total portfolio exceeding $100 billion. With its $21 billion, DR Congo is one of the main recipients of these announced investments.

Timothée Manoke, stagiaire