Kinshasa: a Congolese man selected as world’s best innovator in artificial intelligence

Kinshasa, January 6^th, 2026 (CPA)- A young man from the Democratic Republic of Congo has been selected as the world’s best innovator of 2025 in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), following an online competition, the final of which has taken place in Uganda, CPA has learned on Tuesday in an interview with the winner. ‘This competition aimed to select the world’s best innovator of 2025 in the field of artificial intelligence. This work, which has made me a scholarship recipient, focuses on research in artificial intelligence and the creation of smart cities to solve problems related to urbanisation, including traffic congestion and other challenges,’ has declared Gael Bindu, winner of the Artificial Intelligence Scholarship. According to him, AI can help in several key areas in DRC, namely: the creation of banking software, the prevention of tax fraud and embezzlement, as well as border security and intelligent tax and immigration management. The competition was linked to a conference. The pre-selection and elimination rounds have lasted two (2) months online, before the semi-finals and the final, which took place in Uganda.