Tshisekedi Backs Digital Monitoring of DRC Public Money

President Félix Tshisekedi has backed a plan to move the Democratic Republic of the Congo away from mainly manual, occasional financial inspections and toward continuous digital monitoring of public money.

The Inspector General of Finance, Christophe Bitasimwa Bahii, presented the Inspection générale des finances’ 2026–2028 strategic plan to Tshisekedi during a meeting at the Cité de l’Union Africaine in Kinshasa on Thursday, July 23.

According to the IGF and the Congolese Press Agency, Bitasimwa said the proposed system would provide broader and more permanent oversight of financial flows created across the country.

The President expressed his support for the strategy and promised to be involved in its implementation, the IGF said.

The announcement is an important political endorsement of a plan that the institution has been developing for several months. It does not mean that all government financial systems are already connected or that suspicious transactions are currently being detected automatically.

No new funding decision, procurement contract or complete implementation calendar was announced after the presidential meeting.

What the IGF wants to change

The IGF audits and investigates the management of public finances. Its work covers the State, provinces, public companies and other entities handling public resources.

Traditional inspections can require teams to travel to an institution, request documents and examine transactions during a limited period. That method can uncover wrongdoing, but it may detect problems only after money has already been spent or revenue has been lost.

The new strategy is built around what the IGF calls systemic control.