MAMITSHO LOBO

 

Mamitsho LOBO, a young and emancipated woman characterized by her strong personality, was born from Congolese parents in Buta in Bas-Uele ( Province Orientale) in Congo.

 

She studied in the Kwilu (former Province of Bandundu) precisely in Kikwit, passing by Mbuji-Mayi, where she obtained her state diploma in option Math-Physics.

 

Graduate of State, she came back to Kinshasa to continue her higher studies at the Institute of Applied Techniques, where she emerged as a civil aviation technician, option aviation. Afterward, Mamitsho went for an Aviation School in south africa which will enable her to persue her career as a pilot.

Her conviction of becoming a pilot, was a childhood dream. After completing her school program in South Africa, Mamitsho returned back to kinshasa where she was astonished to not see young pilots; And then receives a gift from her father's friend of a microsoft program, 2000 simulator that contained a pilot and his wife co-pilot; From there her enthusiasm to see her dream comes true revive.

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"When you choose something out of the ordinary, it's not easy, it's not impossible."

 

Back in Kinshasa in 2010, she first worked with Goma Express (a high-risk aviation).

Currently at CONGO AIRWAYS, where she pilots the airbus 320; Still not easy, but not impossible. This profession of pilot does not have a negative, according to her, except that prejudices belonging to her culture, her family or her entourage.

 

Very proud to be Congolese, Mamitsho is committed to seeing her country moving forward. She is been strongly active in her community. First, she is the Secretary General of the congolese association of pilots which is a synergy that brings together nearly 150 Congolese pilots who are aware of current situations, projects and development. 

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"Today we can be proud to have CONGO AIRWAYS as a Congolese company where Congolese travel peacefully."

 

Secondly, Mamitsho is a member of NGOs whose goal is to make the Congolese community aware of sustainable development, "Because we have everything to be good, and we have nothing"; And last not least she is ambassador for various programs such as the film "Girls Rising" which is a program that promotes girls; Also an ambassador for the Laureine Kabwiz Foundation's "Grace at School" campaign and a role model for the "La Pépinière" program of the DFID department of the United Kingdom Embassy.