Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA)

What Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA) does

Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA) is a private university of public interest founded in 1991 in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, operated under the 8th CEPAC (Communauté des Eglises de Pentecôte au Centre) church denomination. It delivers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs across five faculties: Medicine and Community Health, Agronomic Sciences and Environment, Economic Sciences and Management, Social Sciences, and Protestant Theology. Its core academic offering is supplemented by an ecosystem of dedicated research and training centers, including ICART (co-founded with Panzi Foundation and University of Michigan), CIRE, CEREA, CRES, CRETH, CREM, the Denis Mukwege Centre of Excellence, and a FABLAB.

UEA's underlying technology footprint is centered on an internal digital campus: a webmail system (webmail.uea.ac.cd), a UAT student/teacher management platform (uat.uea.ac.cd) with an online application portal (UATApplication), a searchable online faculty directory (repertoire-corps-professoral.uea.ac.cd), and digital learning tools. Research infrastructure includes geospatial tools (QGIS, GPS, SMART Conservation), molecular biology and biotechnology equipment, and statistical modeling environments (R, Python). No external developer-facing APIs are documented.

The business model is tuition-driven, with fees (minerval, registration, exam, and ancillary fees including FPEN, Construction, and Diplomas) set annually by the Comité de Gestion (COGE) and paid through bank deposits at TMB or COOPEC CAHI. A second revenue layer comes from international scholarship partnerships—including LM International (22 midwifery scholarships, 5 Master's scholarships in Reproductive Health), Education Congo USA (41 final-year students' debt coverage), ARES (Belgian cooperation funding the Master in Psychomotricity), and UNICEF (Social and Behaviour Change curriculum partnership)—channeled through the university administration. The primary customer base is Congolese students, supplemented by international students and clinical partners such as Hôpital Général de Référence de Panzi. The university is independently governed, with no external private equity, venture capital, or parent-company ownership.

Name

Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA)

Legal name

Université Evangélique en Afrique

Website

https://uea.ac.cd

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

UEA is a private university of public interest founded in 1991 in Bukavu, DRC, offering undergraduate and graduate programs across five faculties plus multiple research centers, serving primarily Congolese students with supplementary international scholarship partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Allied Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Schools (PT/OT/SLP, etc.) (EDAHAGAH)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• University degree programs
• Medical education training
• Agronomy environmental sciences
• Theology graduate programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Bukavu

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Academic Tuition and Fees: Students pay academic fees including minerval, registration fees, second session exam fees ($30), and ancillary fees (FPEN, CONSTRUCTION, Diplomas) through bank deposits. Fees are set by the Comité de Gestion (COGE).
2. Scholarship Partnerships: External funding from international partners (LM International, Education Congo USA, UNICEF) that support student scholarships and specific academic programs, channeled through university administration

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

UEA delivers undergraduate and graduate higher education programs across five faculties — Medicine and Community Health, Agronomic Sciences and Environment, Economics and Management, Social Sciences, and Protestant Theology — offered both directly and through joint programs with international universities such as ULB. The university supplements degree programs with research centers (ICART, CIRE, CEREA, CRES, CREM, CRETH, FABLAB) and specialized training in psychomotricity, peace and conflict transformation, and trauma recovery. Admission is facilitated through an online application portal with physical campus enrollment in Bukavu, South-Kivu, DRC.

Product overview

Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA) is a private university of public interest founded in 1991 in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Its educational offering is organized as a platform of five academic faculties — Médecine et Santé Communautaire, Sciences Agronomiques et Environnement, Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, Sciences Sociales, and Théologie Protestante — supplemented by dedicated research centers (ICART, CIRE, CEREA, CRES, CRETH, FABLAB, CREM, and the Denis Mukwege Excellence Center), a faculty directory portal, and an internal student/teacher management system (UAT). UEA's core product is its undergraduate and graduate academic programs across five faculties; the research centers and excellence hub function as add-on research and innovation modules that extend the university's scientific output and community impact.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Faculty of Medicine and Community Health (Faculté de Médecine et Santé Communautaire) Medical faculty offering training in general medicine, community health, public health, and midwifery, affiliated with Hôpital Général de Référence de Panzi for clinical placements and research.
• Faculty of Agronomic Sciences and Environment (Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques et Environnement) Agronomy and environmental sciences faculty covering agricultural sciences, animal production, plant sciences, aquaculture, and environmental management.
• Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences (Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion) Faculty of economics and management offering programs in economics, finance, accounting, public economics, and business administration.
• Faculty of Social Sciences (Faculté des Sciences Sociales) Faculty of social sciences with departments in Social Service, Peace and Conflict Transformation, and Psychology. Offers a Master in Psychomotricity in partnership with Université Libre de Bruxelles.
• Faculty of Protestant Theology (Faculté de Théologie Protestante) Protestant theology faculty offering undergraduate and graduate programs including a Peace and Development department, and doctoral studies in biblical, systematic, and practical theology.
• Master in Psychomotricity with Psycho-Trauma Specialization Joint Master program with Université Libre de Bruxelles in Psychomotricity with psycho-trauma specialization (31 ECTS theoretical, 29 ECTS practical). Funded by ARES Programme de Formation Sud (PFS). Includes 85+ participants with online participation from Kinshasa, Ituri, Kasaï, and Nord-Kivu.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 33 years of educational excellence since founding in 1991
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UNICEFcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 July 2026Strategic partnership for integrating Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) approaches into university curricula. Meeting held July 20, 2026 at UEA Rectorat with UNICEF delegation led by M. Boureima Konaté. Includes participation from Université Officielle de Bukavu (UOB) for institutionalizing SBC in higher education in South-Kivu province.
• Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint Master program in Psychomotricity with psycho-trauma specialization (31 ECTS theoretical, 29 ECTS practical). Funded by ARES Programme de Formation Sud (PFS). Includes 85+ participants with online participation from Kinshasa, Ituri, Kasaï, and Nord-Kivu. Professors Kaganda Mulume-Oderhwa Philippe and Balegamire Bazilashe Juvénal serve as instructors.
• Parc National de Kahuzi-BiegaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for capacity building in geospatial data collection, management and analysis applied to conservation. Training in GPS, SMART Conservation and QGIS tools for conservation professionals.
• CEBioSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in conservation and biodiversity capacity building initiatives with UEA, supporting training in geospatial tools for environmental management.
• Fondation PanzicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative creating ICART (International Center for Advanced Research and Training) - a center created jointly by UEA and Panzi Foundation. Located at Maison Dorcas III, Mushununu, Panzi. Focus on advanced research and local researcher capacity building with Dr. Denis Mukwege's involvement and University of Michigan support.
• University of MichigancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvided technical and advisory support for establishing ICART center in 2010, following Dr. Denis Mukwege's award from the university for work with sexual violence survivors. Long-standing research university providing mentorship for research capacity building.
• UPC/KinshasaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational academic partnership for Protestant Theology faculty exchange and collaboration.
• ULPGL/GomaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for theology faculty collaboration with Université Libre de Théologie Évangélique de Goma.
• UPAC/CamerounminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic partnership with Cameroon for theology faculty exchange and collaboration.
• ULiège (Université de Liège)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in psychomotricity master program, contributing Prof. Etienne (health psychology) and Prof. Blavier (psychotrauma) to teaching. Also collaborates on PRD project for One-stop-Center supporting women violence victims.
• UNIKIN (Université de Kinshasa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner with Prof. Mampunza coordinating the Kinshasa component of psychotrauma training. Previous certificate program in psychotraumatology (2014-2019) led to UEA collaboration. Contributes to psycho-trauma module teaching.
• Hôpital Général de Référence de PanzicoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUniversity hospital serving as clinical practice site for medical faculty. Dr. Mungwete Bwemere Josue serves as Medical Director and hepato-gastro-enterologist. Hosts training for medical students and research activities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Université Officielle de Bukavu (UOB): The principal public university in Bukavu, South-Kivu. UOB is the most direct competitor for Congolese students in the same catchment and was explicitly named alongside UEA in the UNICEF SBC curricular partnership, indicating overlapping scope and target market in the same city.
• Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu (ISP Bukavu): A teacher-training higher-education institute located in Bukavu. As a P\u00e9dagogique (education-focused) higher education institution in the same city, it competes for the same Congolese secondary-school-leaver pool that feeds UEA's undergraduate programs.
• Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB): Another private faith-rooted university operating in Bukavu with comparable multi-faculty offerings. UCB competes head-to-head with UEA for South-Kivu students and faculty, sharing the same regional addressable market and private-public-interest positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB): ULB is UEA's core academic partner for the joint Master in Psychomotricity and degree-collaboration programs. Although much larger and Brussels-based, ULB is the canonical international academic partner — replicating ULB's cooperative model with another African institution would yield a comparable profile to a future UEA expansion.
• Université Catholique d'Afrique Centrale (UCAC): A Catholic-rooted multi-campus university system across Central Africa (Cameroon, Chad, Congo). Comparable to UEA as a faith-affiliated private university serving Francophone Central African students with multi-faculty offerings, providing a regional structural benchmark.
• Université de Kinshasa (UNIKIN): The largest public university in the DRC and a named strategic partner of UEA via the UNIKIN coordination of the psychotrauma training component. UNIKIN is a broader incumbent in Congolese higher education and the most prestigious peer on which UEA benchmarks academic reputation.
• Université Evangélique du Cameroun (UEC): A larger evangelical/Cameroon-PEC-faith university in Central Africa offering multi-faculty higher education under a similar Protestant mission frame. It is the closest Africa-wide denominational analogue to UEA's 8th CEPAC ownership, useful for benchmarking governance and program scope.

Regional players

• Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs (ULPGL) / ULPGL Goma: A regional private university based in Goma, North-Kivu, named as a UEA partner for theology faculty collaboration. ULPGL competes for the same eastern-DRC student pool but operates from a different city, making it a regional rather than direct competitor.
• Université du Burundi: The principal public university of neighbouring Burundi, serving a similar Great Lakes regional student profile. Comparable on Francophone postsecondary education scale and student catchment, it is the closest national-system peer just across the border from UEA's South-Kivu base.

Others

• Panzi Foundation / Hôpital Général de Référence de Panzi: Although not a university, Panzi Foundation is UEA's joint-venture partner for ICART and the operator of the clinical training site at Panzi Hospital. It is the closest ecosystem partner/anchor institution and shares UEA's mission on women's health and trauma care in eastern DRC.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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