A groundbreaking ceremony, to signify the beginning of construction, took place on 12 February 2016, with Neil L. Andersen presiding. A public open house was held in March 2019.[6] The lead negotiator for the temple, both with the government and with local subcontractors, was Norman Kamosi, a former Air Congo executive and member of the Congolese Parliament. Kamosi joined the LDS Church in Washington, D.C., after having fled there when Kabile came to power.
Following the public open house, the temple was dedicated on 14 April 2019 by Dale G. Renlund, with the dedicatory prayer given in French,[4] and is the fourth operating temple in Africa.[5]
The temple is a single-story building with a concrete and fill structure and a steel superstructure. Unlike others the church previously built, the temple is not topped with a statue of the angel Moroni, although the building is designed to support one if added later. The temple is built on a 10-acre site that it shares with other existing buildings owned by the LDS Church, including a meetinghouse and an institute building, the latter also being used for seminary classes.[7]
