He twice represented the Democratic Republic of Congo in the marathon at the World Championships in Athletics, but failed to finish on either occasion.

Born in Kinshasa,[2] he made two international appearances for his native country at the World Championships in Athletics, running the marathons in 1997 and 1999, although he failed to finish in either race.

He clocked a 20 km road national record of 58:53 minutes en route to a sixth-place finish at the 2005 Paris Marathon.

The next year he managed only twentieth place at that race, but had a personal best and national record of 29:02 minutes in the 10K run in Marseille.

[4] Keen to earn a spot on the French team for the 2012 Summer Olympics, he entered the Tiberias Marathon for a second year running and this time came out as winner, narrowly beating Francis Kibiwott Larabal and setting a personal best of 2:07:30 hours.