DR Congo’s land ministry launched MIMPA, an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that answers questions on land law and procedures, in Kinshasa on 12 November. It runs on a website, mobile apps and WhatsApp, cites the legal texts behind each answer and works in six languages, including the four national ones. It is the first module of a national register of land titles planned under a land law of December 2025; the ministry has digitised 40,826 of 242,785 files processed since August. The tool could curb the double sales and forged titles behind many disputes, but for now it only informs: online filing and fee payment depend on links to other state systems, with no timeline.
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