Emmanuel Weyi
Emmanuel Weyi | |
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 Emmanuel Weyi in December 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Emmanuel Ntima Weyi May 29, 1959 Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| Alma mater | Ecole Internationale Des Hautes Etudes |
| Title | CEO of Groupe Weyi (2009-2014) |
Emmanuel Ntima Weyi is a Congolese entrepreneur and former presidential candidate[1] for the Democratic Republic of Congo. He served as the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Weyi International[2] – a sustainable mining enterprise focused on the Congo from 2009-2014.
Education
Weyi was born in Kisangani on May 29, 1959, and grew up in a family with 2 brothers and 7 sisters.[3] In 1960, Weyi's family moved to the capital of Kinshasa, where his father would become the head of the Union Zaroise de Banques in 1971.[4] That same year, Weyi completed his completed his elementary schooling at a Catholic school.[5]
In 1972, at the behest of his father, Weyi went back to the Bas-Congo to attend a Catholic boarding school for secondary education. After graduating high school in 1979, he attended the Ecole Internationale Des Hautes Etudes in Paris to study International Relations.[5]
Career
After moving to the US, Weyi attended an English language school, where he learned how to speak and write English, adding to his fluency in French, Lingala, Swahili and Kikongo.[4] In 2003, focusing on business in Congo, he started Groupe Weyi, an enterprise focused on sustainable mining in the DRC. In 2011, it expanded to Kinshasa, DRC.[2][6] Weyi has been defrauding American citizens since his "run" for president of Congo, which he used to get money for his personal expenses. He is protected by Wikipedia editors, but his true story can be found online. He stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from his former partner Chuck Blakeman. He has not been in the US since 2016. He is homeless. He has been moving from rented room to rented room in Kampala, Uganda, where he often does not pay his rent.[4][7]
Presidential campaign
In 2011, Weyi participated in a congress to decide on one candidate to represent the diaspora in the upcoming election of that year.[8] And in 2015, he announced that he would plan to run for president in the 2016 elections when current incumbent Joseph Kabila completed his second and last term in office as mandated by the DRC's constitution.[9] After multiple years-long delays from then-president Kabila,[10] he withdrew his candidacy, with Felix Tshisekedi eventually announced the winner—amid more controversy [11]—in 2019.
References
- ^ "Meet the Colorado businessman who is running for president in Congo". Los Angeles Times. 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
- ^ a b "Is Emmanuel Weyi the Change the DRC Needs?". Africa Agenda. 2015. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
- ^ Nakaso, Dan (February 6, 2015). "Mining Interests. Connect &Collaborate, ICOSA Network". Radio.
- ^ a b c Yessoufou, Moutiou (April 18, 2015). "Emmanuel Weyi on 'African Roots'". Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ^ a b Nakaso, Dan (February 6, 2015). "Mining Interests. ICOSA Network". ICOSA Network. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ ""The complete and total embargo of artisanal Congolese minerals." (PDF) SEC. Commentary by Chuck Blakeman and Emmanuel Weyi" (PDF). SEC gov. 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ ""Portrait of a Con Man - Emmanuel Weyi"".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ O'Brien, Kevin (April 30, 2015). "WEYI, 2016 CONGO CANDIDATE, PROJECTS HOPE IN LAND OF VAST CRISES". Black Star News.
- ^ "DRC: Chilling crackdown on dissent amidst election delays". Amnesty International. 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Congo delays announcing results of presidential election". AP NEWS. 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
External links
- Official website (Campaign)