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Stop Coronavirus RDC

Digital tools to support the COVID-19 response.

Role
Creator
Stage
Prototype
Since
2020
Domains
SaaS

In March 2020, the President’s special adviser for digital affairs launched the “Stop Coronavirus RDC” challenge, asking the tech community for open-source response tools; 209 proposals were received. Gift Bambi Nzuzi took part as a challenger and built systems to support the response.

The problem

Response teams needed digital tools that could be deployed quickly.

The solution

Digital response-support systems, submitted to the competition.

My contribution

Designed and built the submitted systems.

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.