The Democratic Republic of the Congo has partnered with China's Genew Technologies to build a fiber-optic route along the Congo River worth US$1. pics)The project consists in the construction of 10,000 km of fibre-optic cables as part of a regional backbone in 5 countries, including backbone as well as metro networks. On June 25, 2026, the government, through the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital Technology, signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese company Genew Technologies for.