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Kinshasa, DR-Congo
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1–3 December 2026
Kinshasa, DR-Congo
1–3 December 2026
The KIMIA conference agenda is designed to cover the entire spectrum of security and defense challenges faced by African states. From strategic debates to technical workshops, it combines political vision with operational expertise. This variety ensures that KIMIA is not only a showcase of technologies but also a laboratory of ideas, where governments, institutions, and practitioners can jointly develop practical, forward-looking solutions.
It provides a vital space to reflect on terrorism, cyber threats, cross-border crime, and environmental security, while also exploring new forms of cooperation and resilience strategies. These high-level debates ensure that KIMIA remains not only a marketplace for technologies but also a forum for shaping Africa’s collective security agenda.
The plenary session is the intellectual highlight of KIMIA, gathering ministers, senior officials, international organizations, and experts to discuss Africa’s most pressing security challenges.
Each thematic session focuses on a specific domain of internal security, combining technical expertise with practical perspectives.
Topics include urban security in rapidly growing cities, cross-border cooperation, and the integration of advanced technologies such as drones, biometrics, and AI. Sessions also address organized crime, judicial reforms, and building resilience against natural and man-made crises. These conferences bring together practitioners, researchers, and industry to ensure solutions are both innovative and feasible.
Private sessions where ministers align strategies and strengthen regional commitments.
Ministers engage in private dialogue to align strategies and reinforce commitments.
Discussions focus on long-term security frameworks and collective action.
An operational forum for senior leaders to exchange experiences and coordinate actions.
Senior officers share valuable lessons and insights learned from diverse cross-border challenges.
Leaders coordinate training programs and build cross-border partnerships.
A confidential environment to share sensitive insights and reinforce collaboration.
Agencies exchange sensitive insights in a trusted and confidential setting.
Agencies build trust and reinforce intelligence collaboration.
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To ensure the widest participation, KIMIA provides simultaneous interpretation in several languages.
This service reflects KIMIA’s international dimension and guarantees that participants from different linguistic backgrounds can fully engage in discussions. By removing language barriers, KIMIA fosters true inclusivity and encourages meaningful dialogue across cultures.
By uniting officials, practitioners, researchers, and industry representatives, KIMIA fosters an environment where innovative ideas can be tested, partnerships forged, and policies influenced. The emphasis on intellectual exchange ensures that the conference program is not only about addressing immediate challenges but also about building long-term cooperation. In this way, KIMIA becomes a unique space where technology and policy, practice and strategy, innovation and implementation come together to strengthen Africa’s security ecosystem.
The ultimate goal of the KIMIA conferences is not only to exchange ideas but to generate tangible outcomes. Reports and recommendations are shared with governments and institutions, ensuring that discussions in Kinshasa translate into real initiatives, stronger partnerships, and resilient regional frameworks. By turning dialogue into concrete results, KIMIA contributes directly to a safer, more cooperative, and more resilient Africa.
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