The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) imposes heavy sectoral taxation on its mobile services. This has an impact on the price of voice, data and mobile money services.

The report “Mobile Sector Taxation: Comparative Fiscal Burden in DRC” by the Global Association of Telephone Operators (GSMA) published in June 2025 mentions that the fiscal pressure limits access to digital services, hampers inclusion financial and harms the country's digital transformation. This document lists 10 several specific samples. Revenues from the sale of mobile services are subject to 16% value added tax (VAT), to which is added an excise duty of% are also imposed a 2% contribution to the universal service fund, levied on turnover, as well as a 3.6% RAM fee, as well as a 3.6% RAM fee, intended to finance Internet connectivity in academic institutions