Kevin Mambo was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
[1] He attended Aden Bowman Collegiate in Saskatoon and then Brentwood College School in Mill Bay, British Columbia.
Kevin then transferred to the University of Southern California where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
[2] In 2015, Mambo appeared in the Billie Holiday Theatre production of Jackie Alexander's Brothers from the Bottom opposite Wendell Pierce.
Mambo has also appeared in The Book of Mormon as Mafala during the first National Tour (2012-2013) and as Chancellor in Danai Gurira's The Convert (directed by Emily Mann) in 2011–2012.