We contribute to the digital transformation of healthcare systems.

ICT4D-DRC designs, deploys and maintains hospital information systems in referral hospitals, clinics and health centres across the DRC, with local teams trained in every province.

An ICT4D-DRC trainer supports staff using OpenClinic GA at Budjala General Referral Hospital
Budjala General Referral Hospital, Sud-Ubangi: coaching doctors on OpenClinic GA
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hospitals and clinics digitalised or supported in the DRC since 2022

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health zones covered in 3 provinces: Sud-Ubangi, Tshopo, Kinshasa

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IT engineers active in the field, recruited and trained in their province

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young professionals trained in our methods, ready for new deployments

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hospitals computerised in 5 countries by our founders before ICT4D-DRC

An implementation partner, not a software vendor

ICT4D-DRC is a Congolese company founded in Kinshasa in 2022.

Our job is to make digital tools work in health facilities, and keep them working: from the feasibility study to maintenance, including solar power, networking, software and training. We work with several open-source and commercial solutions, and we choose the tool after assessing the site, never before.

Prof. Frank Verbeke and the ICT4D-DRC team installing OpenClinic GA at Bwamanda General Referral Hospital

Sustainability is not an option. It is our method.

The result: hospital teams who own the tool, and investments that do not stop when the project ends.

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Recruit locally

Young IT graduates from the province, not visiting experts.

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Train for 4 to 6 weeks

Software, networking, solar power and user support.

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Deploy together

Our young engineers deploy end to end, with targeted support from senior experts from Kinshasa, Europe or Burundi.

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Stay

Day-to-day user support, preventive maintenance and regular refresher training.

Your hospital

What hospital computerisation has delivered in Central Africa

Results measured across 30 projects led by our founders, within two years of installation.

+51%average increase in outpatient revenue
−43%pharmacy stock-outs
65% → 2%patient identification errors
8 to 30 monthsreturn on investment

Source: evaluation of 30 hospital information system projects funded by Belgian development cooperation in Senegal, Burundi, Rwanda, Peru and the DRC (Verbeke et al., HSG 2020, Dubai).

Our services

From assessment to maintenance, one partner for everything that keeps a hospital information system running.

Studies and assessments

Feasibility, baseline, choice of solution, realistic budget.

Turnkey deployment

Software, servers, networking, solar power and connectivity.

Training and coaching

Users, IT staff and trainers, by professional role.

Support and maintenance

On site and remote, with service-level commitments.

Interoperability

DHIS2, management ERP, health insurance, patient identifiers.

Strategic advice

Digital health policies and plans, governance, resource mobilisation.

Vendor-independent, solution experts

Do you publish a digital health solution? We are your local implementation partner in the DRC: adaptation to context, deployment, training and first-line support, with staff in the provinces.

OpenClinic GA OpenMRS DHIS2

We also integrate ERPNext, OpenFn, openIMIS and commercial solutions.

They trust us

  • Enabel
  • European Union (Enabel programmes)
  • Sud-Ubangi Provincial Health Division
  • Tshopo Provincial Health Division
  • Bondeko Clinic
  • Saint Joseph Hospital
  • Post-Factum

A hospital to digitalise? A programme to roll out across several provinces?

Let's start with a site assessment.