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HORUS

Identifying and managing foreign nationals in the DRC — Journées Informatiques Tech Challenge finalist.

Role
Creator
Stage
Prototype
Since
2021
Domains
SaaS

HORUS is a digital solution designed for the DRC’s Direction Générale de Migration (DGM): identifying and managing resident or transiting foreign nationals, online card and visa applications, smart biometric cards read by border agents, and a real-time database of migration flows. Presented at the Tech Challenge of UNIKIN’s 14th Journées Informatiques, the project was one of five finalists; Gift Bambi Nzuzi reports finishing 4th.

The problem

Identifying and tracking foreign nationals relied on slow procedures, without consolidated data or fast checks at the border.

The solution

An online space for applications, a back office for DGM services, encoded smart cards verifiable with a reader, and real-time statistics by city and province.

My contribution

Designed and built the platform (web back office and mobile app), and presented the project in the final.

App screenshots

  • HORUS — Sign-in
    Sign-in
  • HORUS — Account verification
    Account verification
  • HORUS — Visa application
    Visa application

In pictures

  • Presenting HORUS to the Journées Informatiques audience
    Presenting HORUS to the Journées Informatiques audience
  • HORUS admin dashboard
    HORUS admin dashboard
  • Tech Challenge finalists, 14th Journées Informatiques
    Tech Challenge finalists, 14th Journées Informatiques

Simplified architecture

  1. 01

    Espace demandeur

    Sign-up, SMS check, visa form, payment

  2. 02

    Back-office DGM

    Applications, agents, statistics

  3. 03

    Cartes à puce

    Encoder and border readers

  4. 04

    Base de données

    Real-time migration flows

Related work

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.