Yves Castanou is a charismatic evangelical Christian pastor, born on 22 June 1971 in Reims. He is an associate pastor, co-founder of the Impact Centre Christian church in Paris and senior pastor of Impact Centre Christian in Brazzaville, Congo. He is the General Manager of Congo Telecom, the historical telecommunications operator in the Republic of Congo.

Pastor Yves Castanou also followed a first biblical training in the United Kingdom before joining the Institut Biblique and the Académie of high Theological and Pastoral study school  in Paris.

Officially ordained as a pastor with his wife Habi in March 2004 by Pastors André Thobois (Fédération Protestante de France and Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur) and Emmanuel Toussaint (World Council of Protestant and Evangelical Churches), he is also an entrepreneur, consultant and motivator.

On 22 November 2013, Yves Castanou was made an officer of the Congolese Order of Merit, on the occasion of the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Post and Electronic Communications Regulatory Agency. Pastor Yves is married to Habi, with whom he will have two children.