Ivan Kasongo Kalonda

Ivan Kasongo Kalonda has worked for over nine years in mining and six years as an entrepreneur in education. Besides his work with TFM, Ivan has a passion for community services, entrepreneurship, and leadership. To serve his community, he runs the International Christian Alliance of Tenke Fungurume, an NGO that he founded to sponsor the education of vulnerable children in the Tenke Fungurume region. As an entrepreneur, Ivan Kasongo Kalonda owns a startup school in Lubumbashi where he offers employment to 21 people, and education to an estimate of 1,000 children. As for leadership, Ivan is an independent consultant, conference speaker, and researcher in leadership. He obtained a university degree in Biomedical (premedical) Sciences at the University of Lubumbashi and a master’s in Business Leadership at the University of South Africa. Upon completion of the Mandela Fellowship, Ivan plans to focus on values-based leadership development for youths, executives, and government officials.