Kinshasa · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Senior Software Engineer, Technology Entrepreneur, Fintech Innovator, AI Researcher
I build technology that moves Africa forward.
About
“I design, build and scale digital systems that connect people, businesses and opportunities — from financial infrastructure and conversational commerce to artificial intelligence and cloud platforms.”
Gift Bambi Nzuzi is a Congolese senior developer, software engineer and technology entrepreneur specialising in financial technology, payment gateways, mobile apps and digital platforms.
Engineering Intelligence
My domains, linked to the products that put them to work.
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Mobile Money, payment APIs, QR, payment links, transactional webhooks and merchant reconciliation.
Related work
Selected Work
From shipped apps to research projects — every entry states its stage clearly.
Ventures
In the Media
Appearances on Congo’s national broadcaster, RTNC, on artificial intelligence and deepfakes.
After a falsified video attributed to Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka words she never said, Congolais Téléma brought several guests together. Gift Bambi Nzuzi spoke about deepfake techniques and disinformation.
Journey
Education
Successor to Lovanium University, founded in 1954, the University of Kinshasa is one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Final thesis · 2022 – 2023
« Implementing a payment gateway for academic fees »
Design of an electronic payment gateway applied to university fees: payment-method integration, automated transactions and digitised academic services.
Supervised by Prof. Dr Kafunda Katalay Pierre
View the cover page2018
Cisco IT training at UNIKIN’s Faculty of Science. Already developing for some years, he puts his first software into real use.
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Founds the ECODEV centre and mentors young people in new technologies and programming.
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Management apps for schools and pharmacies, and embedded systems coursework.
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Competed as a challenger, then became IT lead for the coordination. Also IT unit coordinator at FMI (Forum Mathématique-Informatique).
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Took part in the national competition launched in March 2020, proposing digital systems to support the COVID-19 response.
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27 March: 1st edition of the Challenge L’CODE, a programming contest for women students run by the Forum Mathématique-Informatique, where he coordinates the IT unit.
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DGLife and Kongo Technologies propose a digital platform for Mbanza-Ngungu market gardeners. Presented on Radio Ntemo on 2 June, covered by Congo Hebdo on 3 June.
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Second-year computer engineering student at the University of Kinshasa.
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Launch of the merchant payment ecosystem: Mobile Money, links, QR and API.
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At CCL, worked on the first version of the Saba Ba Lar lottery, alongside Indian company Skilrock. The game launched in December 2023.
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Final thesis on building a payment gateway for academic fees, supervised by Prof. Dr Kafunda Katalay Pierre.
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Leads development of the Bet Mosolo online gaming platform.
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6 August: guest on deepfakes and disinformation after the falsified video of the Prime Minister.
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“Guest” interview: analysing a deepfake, AI in education, the risks of AI.
Learn more2026
Several apps published under the “gift bambi” developer account, including SimplyPaye, NIOSO, VisaWise and Tokende — along with a WooCommerce plugin and a Flutter SDK.
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StarTimes subscribers in the DRC can renew over WhatsApp through WhatsPay.
Learn moreResearch & Perspectives
How a falsified video gives itself away — comparison with the source, spectral voice analysis, visual inconsistencies — and why verification has to become a shared habit.
Teaching children to understand AI by building with it: programming, robotics and critical thinking.
Why, in our markets, a messaging app can become the best counter for services and payments.
Payments, data and cloud: what Africa gains by owning its technical foundations.
Vision
Help African-built technology meet — and set — international standards.
From Congo. Building for the world.
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Collaboration, payment integration, architecture advice, media requests: write to me.
giftbambi2021@gmail.com
