Journey
Milestones
2018
Cisco IT · first software in production
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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ECODEV — School for developers
Founds the ECODEV centre and mentors young people in new technologies and programming.
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Management apps · embedded systems
Management apps for schools and pharmacies, and embedded systems coursework.
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“Stop Coronavirus RDC” challenge
Took part in the national competition launched in March 2020, proposing digital systems to support the COVID-19 response.
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REGIDESO website design
Designs a complete website for the water utility — services, news, customer area and admin — a first step towards MASA.
Learn more2021
Tech Challenge finalist with HORUS
UNIKIN’s 14th Journées Informatiques: HORUS, his foreign-national identification system for the DGM, is one of five finalists (4th by Gift’s account).
Learn more2021
FMI — Challenge L’CODE
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.
Learn more2021
CEO of DGLife · agritech in Mbanza-Ngungu
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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UNIKIN — Computer engineering
Second-year computer engineering student at the University of Kinshasa.
Learn more2022
e-Mpako — taxes and bills online
Web and mobile platform with DigiLife: rental tax, plots, bills.
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TaxTak — digital motorcycle tax
Designs a motorcycle tax collection system for Kongo Central: register, terminals, receipts and agent tracking.
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SimplyPaye is created
Launch of the merchant payment ecosystem: Mobile Money, links, QR and API.
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Sababalar — Compagnie Congolaise des Loisirs
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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Thesis: a payment gateway
Final thesis on building a payment gateway for academic fees, supervised by Prof. Dr Kafunda Katalay Pierre.
Learn more2023
MASA — prepaid water and smart meter
After thinking that began in 2019, proposes through DigiLife a prepaid water system for REGIDESO, with a smart meter and a ChatGPT-based assistant.
Learn more2023
Journées Informatiques — NTIC unit
IT coordinator of the NTIC unit for the 16th edition, with DigiLife among its partners.
Learn more2024
Lead developer — Bet Mosolo
Leads development of the Bet Mosolo online gaming platform.
Learn more2025
RTNC — Congolais Téléma
6 August: guest on deepfakes and disinformation after the falsified video of the Prime Minister.
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RTNC — Dominicalement Votre
“Guest” interview: analysing a deepfake, AI in education, the risks of AI.
Learn more2026
Several apps published
Several apps published under the “gift bambi” developer account, including SimplyPaye, NIOSO, VisaWise and Tokende — along with a WooCommerce plugin and a Flutter SDK.
Learn more2026
StarTimes × WhatsPay
StarTimes subscribers in the DRC can renew over WhatsApp through WhatsPay.
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Education
Université de Kinshasa
UNIKINSuccessor 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.
- Field
- Sciences — Computer Engineering
- Period
- 2021 – 2023
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
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