She uses technology to uncover and nurture talent. Through her initiatives, she actively helps strengthen the role of women and youth within the digital ecosystem.

Bénie B. Koy (photo) is a strategy consultant and tech entrepreneur from the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is the founder and CEO of Diamant Brut, a start-up specializing in educational technologies.

Founded in 2024, Diamant Brut is an online learning platform that helps its users identify, develop, and showcase their natural gifts and talents. The goal is to turn them into concrete, actionable, and marketable skills. All the training programs offered are entirely digital.

Before launching Diamant Brut, Bénie B. Koy founded Talentus Consulting in 2019, a strategy and management consulting firm, where she serves as president. The firm supports companies in their digital transformation projects. In 2023, she also co-founded the Congolese branch of the international organization Women in Tech, where she holds the position of strategic director. The organization works toward greater inclusion of women in the tech sector.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management obtained in 2002 from the University of Littoral Côte d’Opale in France. She then pursued her studies at IAE Paris-Est, earning a master’s in marketing in 2006. She is also a graduate of ESSEC Business School, with a master’s in information systems management obtained in 2018.

She began her professional career in 2007 at Randstad, a talent placement company, as a junior product manager. In 2018, she joined CGI Business Consulting as a strategy consultant, then in 2019 moved to Capgemini, a French tech services firm, as an information systems consultant. In 2023, she worked for the Legrand Group, specialized in electrical and digital building infrastructures, as a change management consultant.

By Melchior Koba,

Editing by Sèna D. B. de Sodji