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Democratic Republic of the Congo · biometric border control · passenger screening

Integrated security and immigration management system

Awarded Status as of 19 October 2026 · Funding type: Passenger or user fee

The DRC Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Transport signed a public-private partnership with Securiport for an integrated security and immigration system at airports, border posts and ports 1. Leaked excerpts reported by Ecofin Agency in November 2025 show a USD 30 fee per international air passenger, paid into a joint account and split 85% to Securiport and 15% to the state 1. Ownership of the system passes to the state at the end of the contract. The government said the fee was already in ticket prices and is partly redirected from other agencies 1. Signing date, duration and contract value were not published.

Key terms

Buyer
Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Transport
Vendor
Securiport
Vendor based in
United States
Signed
Not published
Duration
Not published
Value
Not published
Funding
passenger fee
Fee model
Article 38 of the contract sets a USD 30 fee on every arriving and departing international air passenger. The government said the fee is not new and is already in ticket prices collected by airlines, with part now redirected to the contract. Fees go monthly into a joint account run by the government and Securiport, with an irrevocable instruction to send 85% to Securiport to recover its investment and 15% to the state, as reported by Ecofin Agency.
Procurement route
Not confirmed. No official statement explains how Securiport was chosen. A source close to the executive told Bankable the process began about a decade earlier with a public tender.
System ownership
Build-Train-Maintain-Transfer. Securiport finances, designs, installs and maintains the system. Full ownership of infrastructure, equipment and software passes to the state at the end of the contract.
Data terms
The system centralises migration data. Storage location and control terms Not published.

Audits, courts, parliament and regulators

  1. 7 November 2025: The government responded to a leak of contract excerpts by saying the USD 30 fee was already included in international fares, as reported by Ecofin Agency. No audit, parliament or court action was found in sources opened 1.

Sources

  1. Ecofin Agency: DRC clarifies $30 airport security fee after contract leak (7 November 2025)

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