Kongo Central: Launching of a university stream in the transports announced in Mbanza Ngungu

Mbanza Ngungu, August 9^th, 2026 (CPA). – The launching of a new degree programme in transport has been announced for the start of the 2026–2027 academic year at Kongo University in Mbanza-Ngungu, Kongo Central Province, in the south-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a press release from the university’s rectorate consulted on Saturday by CPA.  “The new stream programme in Transport Sciences, Mobility and Communication Networks is designed to meet the growing need for experts capable to conceive, plan, manage and modernise transport systems as well as road, rail, river, maritime and air infrastructure for the country’s development,” it is read in the press release, signed by Professor Germain Kuna Maba Mambuku, rector of the university. ‎This programme aims to equip students with high-level skills in a sector considered strategic for the country’s economic and social development, through a thorough understanding of the challenges related to mobility, logistics and transport networks. ‎The graduates from this programme will be able to enter a range of sectors, including transport authorities, logistics and mobility companies, ports, airports, railways, design and engineering firms, and construction and infrastructure companies. ‎The rector of Kongo University has encouraged the final-year humanities students and all applicants for higher education to seize this opportunity to become pioneers in a field set to play a major role in the transformation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ‎The enrolment is now open online via the Kongo University website and at the institution’s various representative offices in Mbanza-Ngungu, Kisantu, Matadi, Kinshasa, Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo and Yaounde in Cameroon. ‎With this new academic programme, Kongo University aims to contribute to the training of specialised professionals capable of supporting the modernisation of infrastructure and the development of the transport sector in DRC.ACP/