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Joseph Mulenga Chipimo

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Joseph Mulenga Chipimo
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Joseph Mulenga Chipimo preparing for a meeting
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Joseph Mulenga Chipimo preparing for a meeting
Born (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 28)
Ndola, Zambia
🏡 ResidenceSeoul, South Korea
🏳️ NationalityZambian
🎓 Alma materYoungnam University (attended)
💼 Occupation
Computer programmer, Internet entrepreneur
📆 Years active  2016 – Present
Founding WorkAfro (formaly Worklance)
🏡 Home townCopperbelt,Ndola, Zambia
TitleChairman and CEO of WorkAfro
👪 RelativesMelvin Chama Chipimo Jr (Brother), Francis Raysum Chanda (Allied)
🌐 Websitewww.workafro.com
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Joseph Mulenga Chipimo is a Zambian internet entrepreneur who is recognized as the founder of WorkAfro

Joseph Mulenga Chipimo (born 11 September 1995) is a Zambian internet entrepreneur. He is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WorkAfro, an African online freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace aimed at helping African users find jobs or create jobs on the platform.[1][2]

Early life[edit]

Chipimo was born in Copperbelt, Ndola were he used to live with his both parents. After completion of his high school he taught himself the programming languages PHP and JavaScript.[3]

In 2013, Chipimo was awarded a scholarship to South Korea where he is currently studying Mechanical Engineering, the same year he intended to sell his first mobile television app he developed for Muvi TV, that featured showing current news stories and the weather forecast. When he took his app a week before he was travelling to South Korea at Muvi TV he was told to contact them later and when he tried contacting them via email they did not respond. When he traveled to South Korea, Chipimo developed another app, Crystal Learn, an English teaching app, which he later received an award of $1,000 from the school.[4]

Career[edit]

Chipimo developed the app ZNBC for a Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation.[5]

WorkAfro.com[edit]

In 2015, Chipimo started a website called Worklance.net (now WorkAfro.com), a job search website and social network for freelance workers.[6] He claimed that within a month it had 20,000 registered users.[4] Chipimo incorporated WorkAfro in South Korea, Deagu.[7]

WorkAfro's office in the dormitory captured February 2016 South Korea, Deagu
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Joseph mulenga chipimo won $1000 at the awards ceremony
Joseph mulenga chipimo spotted at a fun fair, captured February 2014, in South Korea

Awards and recognition[edit]

In 2013 and 2014, Chipimo won $1, 000 from the school app he developed.[3]

References[edit]

  1. "Zambia : Interview with 20 year old, joseph Mulenga Chipimo, developer of worklance.net". Lusaka Times. 25 November 2015.
  2. "Young African Creates New Way Of Working Online". Africa Business.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Meet Zambia's Self Made Computer Programmer 'Joseph Mulenga Chipimo'". Zed Corner.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Joseph Mulenga Chipimo Jr: Zambia's next big thing". Chishimbakasanga WordPress.
  5. "A review of the ZNBC news app". TechTrends Zambia.
  6. "How Can Zambia Develop With Worklance". Lusaka Times.
  7. "Young African Creates New Way Of Working,". Africa Press List.


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