THE JOURNEY / ESPOIR MULELA MASTOLO
A view of the whole.
Understanding people and their needs. Designing software. Making it work in the real world.
ESPOIR MULELA MASTOLO 01 — KINSHASAENGINEER & ENTREPRENEUR
I care about the why as much as the how.
I start with the business need to build useful, reliable digital solutions that can evolve. From the first conversation to production, I connect people’s workflows, code and systems.
My background connects software engineering, application operations and entrepreneurship. The environments I have worked in have taught me to look beyond the screen: the people using the product, the data it relies on and the teams keeping it running.
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Environments that shape a practice.
Companies, institutions, projects and entrepreneurial initiatives: each setting brings its own constraints and broadens my understanding of technical work.
01Axum Industries
Co-founder · Software Engineer · Technical Lead
Building products and shaping the technical direction of an entrepreneurial initiative.
- Digital product design, backend and full-stack development.
- Application architecture, data modelling and deployment.
02Esikanayo
Co-founder · Software Engineer
Supporting digitalisation, from a stated need to a usable platform.
- Requirements analysis and web platform design.
- Development, technical support, deployment and maintenance.
03Taprinella Logistic SARL
Software Developer
Contributing to FOMIN’s mining royalty management software as part of my work at Taprinella Logistic.
- FOMIN: development and maintenance of existing mining royalty management software.
- Deployment, technical administration and collaboration with network and IT teams.
04Ministère des Finances — RDC
IT internship
An experience of IT close to users in an institutional setting.
- IT support, maintenance and technical assistance for users.
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A foundation. New horizons.
2021–2025↳
Université Protestante au Congo — UPC
Bachelor’s degree — software engineering studies
Degree awarded with the distinction “Bien”. A foundation in algorithms, programming, software design, databases and web development.
2026↳
Kadea Academy
Artificial Intelligence development programme
An ongoing specialisation extending my software engineering background. Current work focuses on Python, programming, logic and the algorithmic foundations needed for the next stages.
Training in progressLANGUAGES↳
New Hope College
English training — Level 4
Language training to work, learn and communicate internationally.
DuolingoDuolingo English Test
110 / 160 · B2 level
ANSSISecNumAcadémie
Cybersecurity foundations, data protection and access security.
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What I connect in my work.
Applications & products
Designing clear user journeys and tools suited to business workflows.
Laravel · React · TypeScript · JavaScriptBackend & data
Structuring the business logic, APIs and data behind a product.
PHP · Node.js · SQL · API RESTSystems & operations
Connecting development, deployment, maintenance and application security.
Git · Linux · Windows Server · DeploymentAI & Data
A direction of specialisation supported by my current training at Kadea Academy.
Python · Algorithms