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Tokende

Book a coach, pay with Mobile Money, board with a QR code.

Role
Creator
Stage
Launched
Since
2026
Domains
MobilityFintech

Tokende makes travel easier across the DRC and to Angola: routes between Kinshasa and the provinces (Matadi, Boma, Moanda…), real-time seat booking, Mobile Money or counter payment, a QR-code e-ticket and a built-in wallet.

The problem

Buying an intercity coach ticket often means queueing at the counter with no view of available seats.

The solution

Booking and payment in minutes from the phone, with a QR ticket scanned at boarding.

My contribution

Design and development; published on the App Store.

App screenshots

  • Tokende — Summary before payment
    Summary before payment
  • Tokende — Tokende app
    Tokende app
  • Tokende — Tokende app
    Tokende app
  • Tokende — Tokende app
    Tokende app

Simplified architecture

  1. 01

    Mobile app

    Search, seats, QR tickets

  2. 02

    Booking API

    Routes, operators, availability

  3. 03

    Payments & wallet

    Mobile Money, counter

  4. 04

    Boarding

    QR scan, notifications

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.