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CAFNIA · ABOUT

An African center of excellence for knowledge and innovation

CAFNIA SARL (African Center for Training in Digital and Artificial Intelligence) is a company under Congolese law registered in Kinshasa (382, Ixoras Avenue, 7th Street, Residential District, Limete Municipality) dedicated to nurturing a new generation of experts, researchers and authors serving the African continent.

Our story

Born from the conviction that Africa must produce, structure and share its own scientific knowledge, CAFNIA brings together six complementary pillars: Training, Research, Journal, Editions, Library and Events; supported by an AI assistant and an integrated digital platform.

Three words sum up our method: publish, train, advise, in that order, because publishing is what builds scientific credibility and gives the other two activities their legitimacy. Our approach combines academic rigor, international openness and African rootedness.

Mission, vision & values

Mission

Train, research, publish and innovate to make Africa a major player in the knowledge economy and digital transformation.

Vision

Become the pan-African reference for scientific training, applied research and open-access academic publishing.

Values

  • Excellence

    Academic rigor, peer review, international standards.

  • Openness

    Open access, international cooperation, linguistic and cultural diversity.

  • Integrity

    Research ethics, transparency, data protection.

  • Impact

    Concrete applications serving African societies.

Our six pillars

An integrated academic infrastructure, from training to publication.

What sets us apart

Five choices that structure our work, and that anyone can verify.

  • We publish.

    Few training organisations in the DRC run a publishing house and a scientific journal; this activity gives our expertise a verifiable foundation rather than a mere claim.

  • We write our procedures, and we publish them.

    Collections charter, submission circuit, double-blind review policy, diamond model, CC BY licence: everything can be read on this site before you even write to us.

  • We do not charge authors.

    In a landscape where scientific publishing has become pay-to-publish for African researchers, the full free access of our journal is a stance, not a sales argument.

  • We work to international standards.

    ISBN, ISSN, DOI, ORCID and ROR identifiers, long-term archiving, compliance with COPE principles: these are the conditions of real recognition, and we apply them from the very first title.

  • We are rooted in Kinshasa.

    Our collections deal with what is decided here (public governance, critical infrastructure, the digital transformation of administrations) and our authors are the people who work on it.

Milestones

  1. 2024

    Foundation

    CAFNIA SARL established in Kinshasa.

  2. 2025

    Academic launch

    Opening of Training, Research and Journal pillars.

  3. 2026

    Integrated platform

    Full digital ecosystem and AI assistant deployment.

Governance

A multidisciplinary leadership serving the scientific mission.

  • PUBLICATION DIRECTOR

    • Dr Donat-Soft MUKUNA MUYA

    Managing director of CAFNIA SARL. Legal and institutional responsibility for publications.

  • JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD

    • Prof. Jean-Marie BEYA KAMBA ·
    • Prof. Cyprien MULUMBA TSHIENDA ·
    • Prof. Marcel MBIYANGANDU KADIATA ·
    • Prof. Élisée ILUNGA MBUYAMBA ·
    • Prof. Raphaël MATAMBA JIBIKILA

    Editors-in-chief and section editors: Digital and AI, Strategic Studies, Critical Infrastructure, Sciences and Technologies. Managing editor: Junior-Nathanaël KAYEMBE KAYEMBE.

  • EDITORIAL PRODUCTION

    • Prof. Kizito KALALA KAZADI, PhD

    Production of CAFNIA Press books and director of the Young Geniuses collection.

  • INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

    • Being formed

    Twelve profiles sought, covering at least four countries and three continents, with a substantial share of Africa-based members.

Legal references

A company under Congolese law, registered and licensed: every reference can be verified.

RCCM REGISTRATION
CD/KNM/RCCM/26-B-00004: Kinshasa, 26 January 2026
TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
NIF A2602272Z
PRODUCTION LICENCE
N°096/SG/MIN/CAP/LAT/DAL/MME/OMG/2026: Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, 10 June 2026
REGISTERED OFFICE
382, Ixoras Avenue, 7th Street, Residential District, Limete Municipality, Kinshasa, DRC

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