Building the Congolese smart city
Covina was born from a deep conviction: Congolese technology can protect, connect and empower every citizen, every neighborhood and every institution.
Our mission
Give every citizen the means to secure their immediate environment, while connecting authorities, emergency services and economic actors in an intelligent, fast and reliable ecosystem. We want to reduce emergency response times, strengthen trust between citizens and institutions, and create sustainable local economic opportunities.
Our vision
Imagine a DRC where every citizen is a safety sensor, where every alert receives a coordinated response within minutes, and where local commerce thrives through digital trust. Covina aims to become the reference urban operating system for Congolese cities: a shared digital infrastructure serving daily life, risk prevention and collective resilience.
The values that guide us
Safety first
Protecting lives is our absolute priority. Every feature is designed to reduce risks and speed up assistance.
Local innovation
We build solutions adapted to the realities of the DRC: variable connectivity, dense urban contexts and specific community needs.
Shared trust
Between citizens, authorities and businesses, we create mechanisms of transparency and accountability to restore trust.
Measurable impact
Every deployment, every alert and every transaction must generate concrete, measurable benefit for society.
Impact already in motion
Since our first deployments, Covina has helped transform emergency response and boost the local economy. Our indicators reflect our ambition: protect more citizens, coordinate more actors and create more local value.
150K+
Citizens connected
8 min
Average response time
4,200+
Coop partners
Our commitment
We are committed to building ethical, secure and accessible technology. Covina is and will remain a Congolese solution, designed by those who know the challenges on the ground best, for those who live there every day.
