Our projects

Since 2022, we have digitalised referral hospitals and clinics in three provinces of the DRC, and supported public institutions in their digital transformation.

Coaching doctors on OpenClinic GA at Budjala General Referral Hospital Training staff at Budjala General Referral Hospital Refresher training at Bwamanda General Referral Hospital Computerised laboratory at Bwamanda General Referral Hospital
DeployedMaintenance ongoing

Digitalising four general referral hospitals in Sud-Ubangi

Sites
Gemena, Bwamanda, Tandala and Budjala general referral hospitals
Period
2022 to date
Partners
Enabel, with the Sud-Ubangi Provincial Health Division

The challenge

Four hospitals far from Kinshasa, without reliable electricity or internet, running their finances and patient records on paper.

What we did

Installed a dedicated solar power system, satellite internet and Wi-Fi across hospital departments. Deployed OpenClinic GA: registration, billing, cash desk, pharmacy, laboratory and inpatient care. Recruited and trained five local IT staff posted to the hospitals. Set up database backup and replication. In 2026, connected OpenClinic GA to the ERPNext management system in Gemena and Tandala.

Results

Billing and financial operations computerised. From June to September 2026, refresher training for every user in the four hospitals. Annual on-site technical supervision by Prof. Frank Verbeke.

OpenClinic GAERPNextSolar powerSatellite internet
Photo to provide: Kabondo or Isangi hospital
DeployedMaintenance ongoing

Digitalising Kabondo and Isangi general referral hospitals in Tshopo

Sites
Kabondo (Kisangani) and Isangi general referral hospitals
Period
2022 to date
Partners
Enabel, with the Tshopo Provincial Health Division

The challenge

Extending the Sud-Ubangi experience to Tshopo, in an urban hospital in Kisangani and a rural hospital reached by river.

What we did

Installed the infrastructure (solar power, networking, servers), deployed OpenClinic GA, and trained users and four local IT staff. In April 2026, extended the network to every ward of Isangi hospital (surgery, maternity, paediatrics, internal medicine, emergency, pharmacy) and set up a satellite connection.

OpenClinic GASolar powerSatellite internet
Photo to provide: solar installation at Yandja Rive or Alwaleed health centre
Ongoing

Extending to health centres in the Isangi health zone

Sites
Alwaleed, Yandja Rive and Yabotianongo health centres
Period
2026
Partner
Enabel

What we are doing

Installing a 4 kWh stand-alone solar system and a local network in each centre, deploying a compact low-power server and training users. The goal: connect primary care to the referral hospital on the same software platform.

OpenClinic GALow-power serverSolar power
Photo to provide: Bondeko Clinic
Ongoing

Bondeko Clinic: bringing OpenClinic GA into service

Site
Bondeko Clinic, Limete, Kinshasa
Period
2025-2026
Partners
Enabel, implemented with Post-Factum

The challenge

Replace a paid, poorly interoperable electronic medical record with an integrated system covering every workflow in the clinic.

What we did

Wi-Fi network analysis and baseline assessment. Steering committee set up in October 2025. Phase 1: administration and finance, laboratory, imaging and pharmacy. Phase 2 in 2026: medical records. Monthly technical assistance and a refresher programme for all staff from October to December 2026.

OpenClinic GASteering committee
Photo to provide: Saint Joseph Hospital
DeployedMaintenance ongoing

Saint Joseph Hospital: hospital information system and maintenance

Site
Saint Joseph Hospital, Kinshasa
Period
2023 to date
Partner
Enabel

OpenClinic GA installed in 2023, followed by a support and maintenance service that keeps the system running, supports users and safeguards data quality.

OpenClinic GAMaintenance
ICT4D-DRC team on a site visit in a hospital courtyard
Completed

Feasibility study for digitalising the health system in Sud-Ubangi and Tshopo

Period
2021
Partners
Enabel, funded by the European Union

Study led by Prof. Frank Verbeke and Dr Ernest Mbo Ilenga: inventory of equipment and power sources, analysis of digital skills by professional group, social network analysis in each facility to measure the human factors of success, and a costed roadmap covering the provincial health division, health zones, referral hospitals and health centres. This study laid the foundation for the 2022 deployments.

Feasibility studyHuman factors analysisRoadmap
Suggested visual: Digital Health Campus diagram (from the deliverable)
Completed

Digital transformation plan for public health institutions

Beneficiaries
National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Health Knowledge Centre, and the Schools of Public Health in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Bukavu
Period
2026
Partners
Enabel, Post-Factum consortium

An integrated digital transformation plan: baseline assessment, mapping of existing tools, enterprise architecture using the TOGAF method, a Digital Health Campus blueprint and an intervention strategy aligned with the national agency for clinical engineering and digital health (ANICNS).

Digital strategyTOGAFAcademic training

Five years in the field

From the 2021 feasibility study to the extension into health centres in 2026.

  1. 2021Feasibility study in Sud-Ubangi and Tshopo for Enabel and the European Union.
  2. 2022ICT4D-DRC founded. Provincial IT staff recruited and trained. Deployments in Sud-Ubangi and Tshopo.
  3. 2023OpenClinic GA installed at Saint Joseph Hospital in Kinshasa. Consolidation and support missions across the six referral hospitals, reinforced by experts from Burundi.
  4. 2025Digitalisation of Bondeko Clinic in Kinshasa begins.
  5. 2026Digital transformation plan for the INSP and schools of public health. Refresher training in the four Sud-Ubangi hospitals. Extension to Isangi health centres. Integration with ERPNext.

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