3x founder

David Akinin

CEO at JABU | Honorary Consul of Estonia | Board Member

Founder

JABU· Summer 2021🇿🇦 City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @davidakinin

2024Board Member· Payments Association of Zambia

Founder · since 2014

Company

Payments Association of Zambia

Role

Board Member

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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JABU

B2B payments, transforming Africa's cash economy

Summer 2021

Experience

Career

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
Honorary Consul to Namibia · Namibia · 2024 – Present
2024
Payments Association of Zambia
Board Member · Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia · 2024 – Present
2024
GS1 Namibia
Board Member · Namibia · 2022 – Present
2022
GS1 Namibia
Chairman of the Board · Namibia · 2021 – 2022
2021
JABU
Founder
Founder & CEO · Namibia · 2020 – Present
2020
Atenu Developments
Board Member · Windhoek, Namibia · 2017 – Present
2017
Atenu Group
Founder
Founder · City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa · 2014 – Present
2014
African Union for Housing Finance
Board Member · South Africa · 2020 – 2022
2020
OperFin Technologies
Board Member · United States of America and Namibia · 2016 – 2022
2016
Emanya Capital Group (Pty) Ltd
Director · Namibia · 2017 – 2020
2017
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Namibia
Member of the Working Committee · Windhoek, Namibia · 2020
2020
Namibia Property Group
Founder
MD, Founder · Windhoek, Namibia · 2014 – 2017
2014
Credit Suisse
Investment Banking - Latin America · New York, NY · 2013 – 2014
2013
Credit Suisse
Investment Banking - Chile · Santiago, Chile · 2013 – 2014
2013
Credit Suisse
Investment Banking - Global Energy · New York, NY · 2012 – 2013
2012
QuestBridge
QuestBridge Scholar 2008 · 2008 – 2012
2008
Rallytel Corp
Chief Marketing Officer · United States · 2011 – 2012
2011
Clarteza
Consultant · Greater Chicago Area · 2011
2011
Credit Suisse
Debt Capital Markets - Latin America Analyst · New York · 2011
2011
SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity)
SEO Fellow · New York, New York, United States · 2011
2011
Road to Innovative Social Entrepreneurship
Co-Director · Chicago, IL · 2010 – 2011
2010
Management Leadership for Tomorrow
Fellow · 2010 – 2011
2010
Canaryville Little League
Vice President · Chicago, IL · 2009 – 2010
2009

Bio

I’m changing the way informal sector retailers in Africa source products and interact with brands @JABU Venezuelan, grew up in the US, Econ at @UChicago, MPhil Inclusive Innovation @UCTGSB Ex-Credit Suisse, Google, Atenu. Have a passion for development and the creation of Habitats; Social entrepreneur, driven by #accountability, and geared by the fusion of finance and technology.