Kinshasa, November 11th, 2025 (CPA). – The authorization to exploit yellow earth to restart construction work on the Renaissance road in Kisenso, a municipality in the center of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was officially handed over to the Arab company on Tuesday during a ceremony presided over by the municipal authority. “I have officially handed over the authorization to exploit the yellow earth to the company “Arab Contractor”, with a view to resuming construction work on the Renaissance Road. This strategic section will connect the University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN) to the Kisenso community center, thereby facilitating mobility and opening up several neighborhoods,” said Godé Athswel, mayor of Kisenso. “To date, the company’s engineers are already mobilized in the field to carry out topographical surveys. This is a concrete step forward that marks the effective start of the work so eagerly awaited by the local population,” he added. It should be recalled that during an inspection visit on September 24th, the national Minister of Infrastructure and Public Works (ITPR) announced the imminent resumption of work on the Renaissance road, a project that had been interrupted for a long time. This strategic section aims to connect the municipalities of Kisenso, Matete and Lemba. The rehabilitation of the Renaissance road will improve mobility and open up several outlying districts of the capital. And, on July 22nd, the civil society coordination group of Kisenso organized a peaceful march to demand the ‘urgent’ and ‘immediate’ resumption of work on the construction of this road, which has been suspended since 2018. It should be noted that this citizen mobilization reflected the exasperation of residents at the advanced state of disrepair of this strategic road for traffic between Kisenso, Matete and Lemba.
Authorization to exploit yellow earth at the University of Kinshasa
The University of Kinshasa (Unikin) in the Democratic Republic of Congo has officially authorized the Company “Arab Contractor” to exploit yellow earth on the site allocated to a
Company called ‘Dev Solaire’. “The Rector of the University of Kinshasa, Professor Jean- Marie Kayembe Ntumba, has authorized the company ‘Arab Contractor’ to exploit yellow earth on the site allocated to the company “Dev Solaire”, located within the University,” according to a statement from the higher education institution According to the document, this exploitation must be accompanied by the development of the east and west avenues of the Plateau des Residents, as well as the road linking the morgue of the University Clinics to the Petit Plateau, behind the “Mont-Amba Scool Group”. “The university police, the Director of the Estate and the Technical and Maintenance Services Department (DSTM) are instructed to ensure the strict application of this decision on the site concerned,” it concludes. The University of Kinshasa, built in the 1950s, is now home to a dynamic community of more than thirty thousand (30,000) students. It was designed and built with a capacity of six thousand (6,000) students. It has evolved considerably over the decades, driven by the vision of Belgian Jesuit priest Luc Gillon.