He is a tech entrepreneur, agriculture enthusiast, blogger, and coach. Thanks to his IT services startup, Jovan Group, he helps companies implement their digitalization projects.
Josué Vangu (photo) is a Congolese computer engineer who graduated from Unicaf University in 2022 with a master's degree in information systems management. He also holds a bachelor's degree in telecommunications and network administration from the Higher Institute of Computer Science, Programming, and Analysis (ISIPA). In 2018, he founded the IT service company Jovan Group, which he leads as a managing partner.
His service company specializes in the implementation of digital infrastructure and electronic security systems, but also provides training in information technology. It designs and develops electronic security offerings using integrated solutions that adapt to all architectures (from the simplest to the most secure) to address the specific security issues of each business sector.
"Our ambition and vision are to make life easier through technology! This means we focus on the digital transformation of businesses and upgrading the skills of students and IT professionals," said Josué in an interview with Techcabal in February 2023.
To achieve its ambitions, the company has three branches. The first is Jovan Group Academia, which offers practical training to students and a full range of information systems training to professionals, including those transitioning to new jobs, to help them improve their skills.
The second is Jovan Group Electronic Systems & Services, which is an installer and integrator of security systems. The last one is Jovan Group IT Services & Solutions, which provides network infrastructure optimization, and construction services as well as optimal hardware solutions.
In 2020, the company launched ENSOKO, a platform created, according to Josué Vangu, "to provide access to food for Congolese households in a context where Covid-19 was disrupting agricultural products' distribution/marketing chains."
Since 2014, the managing partner has been a freelance blogger. From 2013 to date, he is the IT manager of the youth organization Jeunesse Francophone Congolaise. He is also the coordinator of the Haut-Katanga branch of YPARD, an international organization of young professionals in the agricultural sector.
He started his professional career in May 2013 as a network and systems infrastructure trainer at Univers High Technology. From May to November 2013, he worked for the Canal+ Group in Congo as a part-time customer service technician (SAV). In January 2014, after leaving his job as a trainer, he was hired by StarTimes as an SAV technician. The following year, he joined RD Technologic Sarl as an IT support technician before being promoted to IT and projects manager in 2016. A year later, he was appointed delegate of the company's provincial management in Katanga, where he worked until 2021.
Melchior Koba