Guy Loando Mboyo (born February 5, 1983) is a lawyer, Congolese politician and a member of the Senate of Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2019 who was appointed Minister of State in charge of Regional Planning since April 2021. He is the founder of the Widal Foundation in September 2018."Guy Loando Mboyo, Sénateur et fondateur de la Fondation Widal", Widal Foundation (Retrieved January 4, 2021)
Biography Education Guy Loando Mboyo was born on February 5, 1983, in Bokungu in the province of the Tshuapa (formerly Grand-Équateur, in Zaire, currently the Democratic Republic of the Congo)."L'INTERVIEW – RD Congo : Guy Loando, Sénateur", Africa 24, May 29, 2019 (Retrieved January 4, 2021) He was the last born in a family of eight children. During his childhood, his family moved to Mbandaka where he did his secondary studies. He obtained his state diploma in literary studies at the Mbandaka School of Application (École d'application de Mbandaka, in acronym EDAP) in 2001 and moved to the country's capital city Kinshasa to continue his university studies in law at the University of Kinshasa."RDC : le Sénat examine la proposition de Loi « Loando » sur la recherche scientifique", Zoom-Eco.NET, November 28, 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)
Career After graduating in law (with a specialisation in social and economic law) from the University of Kinshasa, Guy Loando Mboyo began his career as a lawyer and legal advisor in the mining, business and private investment sectors. He gained important contacts at national and international level which allowed him to start working in business."Le jeune Sénateur Guy Loando Mboyo, l’homme qui fait peur à certains caciques du Grand Équateur", Le Soft Online, December 22, 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021) He is the main shareholder of "GLM & Associates", a law firm based in Kinshasa, administrator of companies and chairman of the Widal Foundation."RDC : Le sénateur Guy Loando s’engage à aider l’entreprenariat des jeunes à travers la fondation Widal", Actualite.cd, January 13, 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)
Guy Loando Mboyo was elected senator of Tshuapa in the April 2019 senatorial elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In November 2020, he had his first book, entitled "Le Congo d'après : Nécessité d'un changement de cap post-Covid-19" published, by French book publisher L'Harmattan."RDC : « Le Congo d’après... », ouvrage de Guy Loando édité par l’Harmattan exhorte à un sursaut régénérateur", Zoom-Eco.NET, December 14, 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)
In April 2021, he was appointed Minister of State in charge of Regional Planning by President Félix Tshisekedi."RDC : l'ASBL "Loando le vent du progrès" salue l'entrée de Guy Loando au gouvernement Sama Lukonde", Digital Congo Radio Télévision, April 12, 2021 (Retrieved May 1, 2021)"RDC : Guy Loando nommé ministre de l’Aménagement du Territoire", Zoom-Eco.NET, April 12, 2021 (Retrieved May 1, 2021)
Widal Foundation
Through this humanitarian structure , created in September 2018 with his wife, Déborah Linda Loando, Mboyo pursues an objective to reduce poverty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially in Tshuapa and Kinshasa."La Fondation Widal Impacte Déjà la vie de Plus de 100.000 Personnes", Forum des As, May 11, 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021) On Sunday May 5, 2019, in the municipality of Limete (Kinshasa), during the official launch of the foundation,"La Fondation Widal du sénateur Loando déterminée à améliorer la situation sociale des habitants de la Tshuapa", Ouragan FM, May 5, 2019 (Retrieved January 4, 2021) Guy Loando explained his objectives and his mission, which are to support the most vulnerable in Congolese society by training them to become entrepreneurs."RDC: via sa Fondation Widal, le sénateur Loando veut améliorer le social des habitants de la Tshuapa et des congolais en général", 7sur7.CD, September 16, 2019 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)"Kinshasa : pour lutter contre la pauvreté, l'ONG Widal Fondation appuie un projet de formation en métier de cirage des chaussures", Actualite.cd, 1 February 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)
Personal life He is married to Déborah Linda Loando (born Déborah "Bobo" Elite Linda) and is the father of their three children.
Publications 2020 : L'Après Covid-19 se prépare dès maintenant ! (Tribune)""L’après covid-19 se prépare dès maintenant !" (Tribune de l’Honorable Sénateur Guy LOANDO MBOYO)", MediaCongo.NET, April 24, 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021) 2020 : Le Congo d'après : Nécessité d'un changement de cap post-Covid-19, L'Harmattan ()"Guy Loando Mboyo dans les editions Harmattan", L'Harmattan (Retrieved January 4, 2021)
Recognition
Awards 2019 : Excellence Prize for Initiative and Development, awarded by Pan-African Observation for Initiative and Development 2020 : Diploma of merit, awarded by the National League of Anamongos (Ligue Nationale des Anamongos, in acronym LINA )"RDC-Kinshasa: Guy Loando honoré par la Ligue Nationale des Anamongos", Depeche.CD, December 6, 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)
Honorary degrees 2022 : Honorary degree from ICN (I Change Nations).
References
External links Official website Official website of Widal Foundation Guy Loando Mboyo on Twitter