Mutoba Ngoma has over five years of experience in entrepreneurship activities, focusing primarily on renewable energy processing and raw material resources. Currently, Mutoba is the founder and CEO of Tapera Industries Limited, whose activities include recycling used cooking oil into biodiesel fuel and natural soap products, and providing market linkages for small holder farmers by aggregating their energy.

He volunteers his time working with the Alliance of Youth Entrepreneurs in Zambia to promote startup businesses by providing market linkages and access to funding. He also volunteers with the World Economic Forums- Global Shapers Community in Lusaka to address every day social challenges.

Upon the Completion of the Washington Fellowship, Mutoba plans to increase his business capacity to encourage supplies of service delivery and raw materials from his local community and to also increase the availability of decent employment provided by the business. Mutoba was one of 100 Fellows competitively selected to participate in an 8-week internship in the United States following the Mandela Washington Fellowship academic institute. He interned at Land O’Lakes International Development in August-September 2014.

In 2017 Africa Youth Awards named him among the 100 Most Influential Young Africans, an initiative instituted to promote African youth movements and achieving and also restoring excellence in the works of young people across Africa.