Anderson Nkwayu
DRC Coordinator

Anderson Nkwayu Bwemere is a Congolese citizen born in Bukavu, South Kivu, who currently resides in Lubumbashi, the capital city of Katanga Province.  He studied in the DRC from primary school through his secondary diploma in Commercial Sciences.  Anderson is currently studying International Relations/International Law at the University of Lubumbashi.  He has worked for various mining companies in Katanga, including KAMINEX as the Technical Director’s Assistant, as well as ROQ Mining as the Assistant to the Operations Director.  He started his own import-export firm, Katanga Logistics, where his position is General Director.

Anderson lived through the war in Eastern Congo and was a refugee in Mozambique before returning to the DRC.  He is fluent in French, English, Portuguese, Swahili, Lingala, Mashi, Kihavu, Kifulero and Kinyarwanda.  He is conversational in Kirundi, Kikongo, Kizibaziba, and Kinyume.  He has been working with the Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic since the spring of 2010.