Cellule Infrastructures

What Cellule Infrastructures does

Cellule Infrastructures (CI) is an autonomous administrative and financial body operating under the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ministère des Infrastructures et Travaux Publics (MITP). Created in 2004 by ministerial order CAB/TPI/024/MN/FK03/2004 at the initiative of the DRC government, the European Commission, and the World Bank, it is the first execution agency inside a sectoral ministry since donor cooperation resumed in 2001. Its mandate is to provide sectoral coordination, technical assistance, fiduciary management, and institutional support to MITP in its role as contracting authority for infrastructure investments financed by bilateral and multilateral development partners.

The agency's core offering is end-to-end project execution support for publicly financed infrastructure: acting as delegated contracting authority, it manages procurement, supervision, environmental and social safeguards, and monitoring of road, urban, and resilience projects. Active programs include Pro-Routes (World Bank/DFID road reopening and maintenance), KIN ELENDA (urban resilience in Kinshasa), PACT (national road connectivity across RN1/RN2 and multiple provinces), PRIUR (urban flood resilience in Kinshasa and Kalemie, in force since July 31, 2025), PATN (digital transformation), and PFCIGL (Great Lakes trade facilitation). Its technology stack centers on a Geographic Information System (SIG) for infrastructure asset monitoring, complemented by an online grievance redress portal. Supporting technical partners include BEAU, BTC, GET, and GEEC.

Cellule Infrastructures does not generate commercial revenue. Its operating budget is sustained by allocations from the donor-financed projects it manages (World Bank, African Development Bank, European Union, DFID, JICA, Kuwait Fund, BADEA, OFID, Belgium). Pricing is therefore not market-based; instead, the unit captures management fees and operating costs embedded in each donor project envelope. Customers are exclusively governmental: MITP is the supervisory client, while Office des Routes, Office des Voiries et Drainage, and FONER (created in 2008) are operational counterparts within DRC's road sector ecosystem. Staff of 11–50 nationally and internationally recruited senior experts coordinate a portfolio whose individual projects range from roughly 15M USD to 249M USD.

Name

Cellule Infrastructures

Legal name

Cellule Infrastructures

Website

https://celluleinfra.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cellule Infrastructures is the autonomous project execution agency of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works, coordinating and supervising donor-funded infrastructure projects including roads, urban development, and flood resilience.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Infrastructure Project Coordination

NAICS

Utility System Construction (2371), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Infrastructure Planning, Capital Programs & Project Delivery Offices (PMOs) (BPAIALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

State/Provincial Transportation, Roads & Public Works Administration (BPAIABAK), Infrastructure, Engineering & Public Works Technical Assistance (WASH/Transport/Energy) (BPADAEAF)

Keywords

• Public works coordination
• Infrastructure project management
• Road rehabilitation services
• Environmental social safeguards
• Donor funded construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Bandundu

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Project Funding: Funding from bilateral and multilateral development partners including World Bank, African Development Bank, European Union, Kuwait Fund, DFID, JICA, Belgium, BADEA, and OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cellule Infrastructures is a government technical coordination unit that acts as delegated contracting authority for public works projects financed by bilateral and multilateral development partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It coordinates road rehabilitation, urban infrastructure, and resilience projects; manages procurement, supervision, fiduciary controls, and environmental-social safeguards; and serves as the institutional interface between the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works (MITP) and donor partners including the World Bank, African Development Bank, European Union, DFID, JICA, Kuwait Fund, BADEA, and OFID.

Product overview

Cellule Infrastructures is a technical agency of the Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It coordinates infrastructure sector investments and provides institutional support, acting as a delegated contracting authority for projects financed by traditional partners. The organization manages a portfolio of infrastructure projects including road construction and rehabilitation (Pro-Routes, PACT, various RN1/RN2 projects), urban development (KIN ELENDA), flood resilience (PRIUR), digital transformation (PATN), and trade facilitation (PFCIGL). It also provides environmental and social studies services including impact assessments, resettlement plans, and stakeholder engagement frameworks. The portfolio spans road networks across multiple provinces, urban infrastructure in Kinshasa, and cross-border trade corridors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• KIN ELENDA Project Urban resilience and development project in Kinshasa covering erosion and flood control, road rehabilitation, communal infrastructure reconstruction, and waste management; managed by Cellule Infrastructures for the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works and financed by multilateral partners.
• Pro-Routes Project Road reopening and maintenance project for highly priority routes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, financed by the World Bank and DFID through a dedicated trust fund; features an Anti-Corruption Action Plan to strengthen fiduciary management and transparency.
• PACT - Projet d'Appui à la Connectivité et au Transport Transport connectivity and road infrastructure project covering national roads RN2 and bitumen road construction across multiple provinces of the DRC.
• PRIUR - Projet de Résilience aux Inondations Urbaines Urban flood resilience project targeting Kinshasa and Kalemie, with works including river canal lining, corridors, and art structures for flood management.
• PATN - Projet d'Appui à la Transformation Numérique Digital transformation support project with environmental and social management framework documentation.
• PFCIGL/PFCGL - Projet de Facilitation du Commerce et Intégration dans la Région des Grands Lacs Trade facilitation project for the Great Lakes region, including road bitumen work and border post construction.
• Road Infrastructure Projects (N'sele-Lufimi, Kwango-Kenge, RN1, RN2, Batshamba-Tshikapa, Batshamba-Mbuji-Mayi, Avenue des Poids Lourds, Avenue Libération) Various road rehabilitation and bitumen projects including national routes RN1 and RN2 across multiple provinces of the DRC; combined funding in the hundreds of millions USD across the portfolio.
• Environmental and Social Studies Services Environmental and social impact assessments (EIES), resettlement action plans (PAR), environmental and social management frameworks (CGES), and stakeholder engagement plans (PMPP) for infrastructure projects managed by Cellule Infrastructures.
• Infrastructure Asset Database Management Technical assistance for creating a database of road asset inventory and equipment for modernized road surveys and road safety in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AGEROUTE Senegal: Senegal's road management agency responsible for road infrastructure programming, maintenance financing, and donor coordination. Directly comparable as an autonomous state agency under a Ministry of Infrastructure with delegated contracting authority over donor-funded road projects.
• Office des Routes (DRC): DRC's road execution agency. Sister agency under MITP; Cellule Infrastructures works alongside OR as delegated contracting authority on the same infrastructure programs. Closely comparable mandate and beneficiary base.
• Office des Voiries et Drainage (DRC): DRC agency managing urban road and drainage infrastructure in Kinshasa. Sister entity under MITP with overlapping project portfolio in urban roads, mirroring Cellule Infrastructures' PARAU and KIN ELENDA mandates.
• FONER (Fonds National d'Entretien Routier): DRC's national road maintenance fund created in 2008. Operates adjacent to Cellule Infrastructures in the road maintenance financing chain and is one of its named beneficiaries, with comparable governance under MITP oversight.
• Unité de Coordination et de Gestion des Projets (UCGP) - various African PMUs: Generic peer representing the many World Bank-funded Project Management Units across Sub-Saharan Africa. Functions as analogous dedicated executing agency for donor-financed infrastructure projects, with comparable fiduciary and safeguards mandate.

Emerging players

• Programme d'Actions Communautaires pour le Climat (PACC) DRC: DRC climate adaptation program with similar donor-financed project execution model. Comparable as a sectoral PMO under a different ministry but with overlapping environmental/social safeguards and donor reporting requirements.

Broad incumbents

• UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services): UN agency providing infrastructure project management, procurement, and fiduciary services globally. Comparable as a broader institutional incumbent executing donor-funded infrastructure on behalf of governments, with overlapping scope in road and urban projects.

Regional players

• AGEROUTE Côte d'Ivoire: Côte d'Ivoire's road management agency. Regional peer performing the same PMO-style delegated contracting authority function for donor-financed road programs in West Africa, with comparable institutional design.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CelluleRdc
• Facebookfacebook.com/CelluleInfrastructuresRDC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cellule-infrastructures-ministere-des-itpr

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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