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Gift Bambi Nzuzi

In the Media

Technology, AI & public discourse

Appearances on Congo’s national broadcaster, RTNC, on artificial intelligence and deepfakes.

RTNCCongolais TélémaStudio debate · guest

Deepfakes and disinformation: dissecting a falsified video

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.

Topic
Artificial intelligence, deepfakes, audiovisual manipulation

On set

  • Gift Bambi Nzuzi on the Congolais Téléma set, RTNC
  • Gift Bambi Nzuzi in front of the Congolais Téléma backdrop
  • RTNC studio before the broadcast
RTNCDominicalement VotreInterview · guest segment, filmed in his office

AI explained: analysing a deepfake, weighing the risks

Chapters

The “Guest” segment of Dominicalement Votre. It revisits the falsified video of the Prime Minister — side-by-side with the original, spectral analysis of the audio, visual inconsistencies — then widens to uses of AI, including in education, and its dangers.

Topic
Why AI matters, its benefits, risks and dangers
On-screen title
Gift Bambi Nzuzi — Informaticien
RTNCDominicalement VotreExcerpt · short format

Excerpt — deepfakes

A short vertical excerpt of the segment.

Topic
Deepfakes
Radio NtemoLes dossiers de la radioRadio · guest

Digital tools for agriculture in Mbanza-Ngungu

According to Congo Hebdo, Gift Bambi Nzuzi, CEO of DGLife, presented the joint project with Kongo Technologies on Radio Ntemo, in the programme “Les dossiers de la radio”.

Topic
DGLife × Kongo Technologies digital platform for market gardeners

Gift in brief

Gift Bambi Nzuzi

A Congolese senior software engineer and technology entrepreneur, creator of SimplyPaye and co-creator of WhatsPay, Gift Bambi Nzuzi builds payment systems and digital platforms that bring people, businesses and services closer together.

Who he is

A senior developer trained in computer engineering at the University of Kinshasa, an entrepreneur and a mentor. Co-founder of BIG SAS and OMNIA, CTO of DigiLife.

What he does

He designs payment and Mobile Money infrastructure, developer SDKs, mobile and web apps, lottery platforms and management software — for his own products and for clients in the DRC, Mozambique and North America.

His strengths

  • Software architecture and payment APIs
  • Mobile Money integration (Orange Money, Airtel Money, M-Pesa)
  • Products shipped end to end, from server to App Store
  • Teaching: he trains and mentors young developers
  • A public voice on AI and deepfakes, on RTNC

His story

He was coding well before his first production releases in 2018. He founded ECODEV to train young people, became a Tech Challenge finalist at UNIKIN’s Journées Informatiques with HORUS, wrote his thesis on a payment gateway, worked on CCL’s Sababalar lottery, created SimplyPaye in 2022 and co-founded WhatsPay, now a StarTimes partner in the DRC.