The Minister of Finance, Calixte Nganongo, officially launched on July 7 in Brazzaville the e.tracking platform called “EKENGUE”, vigilance. This electronic program will allow the customs of the Republic of Congo to ensure that goods declared in transit arrive at their destination safely.
Designed by the company Webb Fontaine Congo, its Director of Scanner and tracking operations, Jean-Baptiste Koffi, explained: “e-tracking consists of electronic monitoring in real-time, of cargo, leaving from the autonomous port of Pointe-Noire , to a customs office located at the border of a foreign country.
“… For better monitoring, a tag is attached to the cargo to put it in communication with the control room. This makes it possible to follow the goods in real time along the corridor to their destination. This tag also signals alerts such as stops and detours if there are any, ” Jean-Baptiste Koffi says.
Accessible from the portal e. customs (project launched by the Ministry of Finance to modernize customs, in order to secure receipts), EKENGUE allows economic operators to automatically download the data of their transit declarations from SydoniaWord.
Currently, this technology is being piloted by Webb Fontaine. “We are in the process of transferring competence. Within a given timeframe, we will retire to cede management to the administration, “said the director of operations.
Reassured of the impetus that this platform will give in managing and securing revenues, the director general of this administration, Guénolé Mbongo Koumou, stressed that with “Ekengué”, road risks are now minimized thanks to geolocation .
“The customs administration will be up to the challenge of facing them, in the context of the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures, the improvement of the business climate in Congo, and especially in the mobilization budgetary revenue, “he reassured.
Note that the Minister of Finance placed a wreath on the stelle erected at the Directorate General of Customs, in memory of customs officials who died in the exercise of their missions.
