2021 MANDELA WASHINGTON FELLOW

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Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

NELSON MBEMBE

Nelson is the CEO and founder of a tech startup called 243 Creative Lab. He is also the Co-founder of Grace International Market «GRACIM», an E-commerce startup that helps local producers sell their product countrywide and globally. Nelson’s hope for GRACIM is to become a multinational e-commerce company like Amazon by training and employing young people who are not fortunate enough to find work after studying in a country where stability is steadily increasing. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Nelson plans to launch 243 Zando, a Marketplace like Amazon that will allow different senders to sell directly from the platform.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Computer Application - Bangalore University, India