Congo

Name: Congo
Address: CG

The Republic of the Congo has a 2019 personal data law, has ratified the African Union data convention, and runs a regulator-operated government data centre in Pointe-Noire.

Law No. 29-2019 of 10 October 2019 sets up a Commission for Personal Data Protection and requires prior information of the Commission for transfers abroad. Law No. 43-2020 of 20 August 2020 authorised ratification of the African Union Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection, and a decree of the same date ratified it. DCD reports that the telecoms regulator ARPCE commissioned a government data centre in Pointe-Noire in February 2024, the second after one in Brazzaville in 2021, linked to the 2Africa cable.

AI policy and activity

The pages read mention no AI rules.

Power and grid

No grid or power rule for large loads was found. The Pointe-Noire article gives no power figure.

Data centres and compute

Data centres and compute
Site	Where	Status	Notes and source
ARPCE data centre, Pointe-Noire Postal and Electronic Communications Regulatory Agency (ARPCE)	Pointe-Noire	Operating	Reported. DCD says it was commissioned on 28 February 2024, covers 156 square metres with room for up to 54 racks, and connects to the 2Africa subsea cable. It is described as the second government data centre after Brazzaville in 2021. No power capacity was given. (source)

Rules and programmes

Rules and programmes
Instrument	Kind	Status	What it does
Law No. 29-2019 of 10 October 2019 on personal data protection Read the cited source	Law	In force	Primary. Official Journal of the Republic of Congo, 2019 no. 45. It establishes a Commission for Personal Data Protection with investigation and sanction powers and requires the Commission to be informed beforehand of transfers to third countries, with authorisation possible where safeguards are given. The date shown is the law's date; commencement was not confirmed.
Law No. 43-2020 of 20 August 2020 authorising ratification of the African Union Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection Read the cited source	Law	In force from 20 August 2020	Primary. Official Journal 2020 no. 34. It publishes the ratification law, Decree No. 2020-286 of the same date, and the text of the Malabo Convention of 27 June 2014, which asks states to create independent data protection authorities and legislate on cybersecurity.

Checked on 3 October 2026 and due for review by 1 January 2027. Many sources are trade press or law-firm summaries rather than official texts, and statuses such as reported or unconfirmed are shown as the source gives them. This is a summary, not legal advice. If something is wrong or out of date, tell us.

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ComputeFinder. (2026, October 3). Congo: AI and compute. ComputeFinder. Retrieved November 14, 2026, from https://computefinder.net/countries/congo

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@misc{computefinder_countries_congo,
  title        = {Congo: AI and compute},
  author       = {{ComputeFinder}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0103}},
  number       = {cf-ctry-0103},
  note         = {Page last checked 3 October 2026. Retrieved 14 November 2026.}
}

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