Benedicte Mundele (born 1993), also called Benedicte Mundele Kuvuna, is a fresh-food entrepreneur from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She is founder and manager of Surprise Tropical, established 2012, a food canteen serving healthy, takeaway food in the suburbs of Kinshasa.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Mundele attended the Elynd Institute in Kinshasa and the Lycée Technique et Professionnel de Kimbondo, joining the Kuvuna Foundation aged 16.[7] In 2014 she was a finalist for the Anzisha Prize. In 2019, she was listed among the BBC's 100 Women.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Rédaction, La (2 December 2019). "RDC : Forum " Les Héroïnes " place le changement au cœur de sa première édition kinoise".
  2. ↑ "BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list?". 16 October 2019 – via www.bbc.com.
  3. ↑ Phoebe Parke and Lauren Moorhouse. "12 brilliant African entrepreneurs under 22". CNN.
  4. ↑ "Young entrepreneur shares lessons from running a food business in DRC". How We Made It In Africa. 28 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Fullscreen Page". yaretzi.
  6. ↑ "RDC: Bénédicte Mundele, une vie consacrée à l'alimentation saine". 4 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Entrepreneur Counters Community's 'Food Poverty'". 30 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Pesce, Nicole Lyn. "Inspired by AOC, Megan Rapinoe and Greta Thunberg? You should be, according to this list". MarketWatch.


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