Junior N’Kashama Kayembe

Junior N’Kashama Kayembe currently serves as the Procurement Officer for the Prime Minister’s Project Management and Procurement unit. Junior N’Kashama Kayembe also provides monitoring and mentoring work to other public agencies including the National Independent Electoral Committee, The Addis Ababa Agreement Monitoring Mechanism, and the National Society of Transport concerning procurement issues. Previously, he worked at La Benevolencija, a Dutch NGO whose objective is to end tensions between grassroots communities. He is also the co-founder of Fondation Jeune Espoir, a nonprofit organization that helps young artists express and showcase their talents. He has a degree in Law and participated in a two year training with the World Bank on procurement procedures. Junior was one of 100 Fellows competitively selected to participate in an 8-week internship in the United States following the Mandela Washington Fellowship academic institute. He interned at the Center for International Private Enterprise in August-September 2014. Stayed in Africa.