This ambitious Congolese, travelled to South Africa became a CA & later quit his secure Big 4 job to join a tech co.

• • Meet Timothy Kiluba who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country rife with political instability and wars over the last 25 years.
  • After school he started a degree in Information Technology at a local college, however, later moved to South Africa to study further and changed courses to pursue the CA(SA) designation.
  • A few years after qualifying and working at KPMG, an opportunity presented itself at Uber.
  • Although family and colleagues encouraged him to remain at KPMG and rise to the rank of partner, he decided to take a leap of faith and seize the opportunity at Uber.
  • This is his story.

From Congo to South Africa

I was born in Lubumbashi, a southeastern city in the Democratic Republic of Congo.