David Akinin is the Founder and CEO of Jabu, a fintech company transforming cash logistics and merchant payments across Southern Africa. Operating in Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast and the DRC, Jabu enables real-time cash digitization through smart safes, agency banking infrastructure, and interoperable B2B payment systems connected to banks, mobile money operators, and national financial switches.

Born in Venezuela and based in Zambia, David began his career at Google before launching multiple ventures across Africa. He is a former investment banker at Credit Suisse and previously co-founded Atenu, a construction company focused on housing and school development in Africa.

David holds degrees from the University of Chicago and UCT Graduate School of Business. He serves on the Board of the Payment Association of Zambia, and GS1 Namibia.

He currently serves as the Honorary Consul of Estonia in Namibia and holds the Knights Cross of the Order of the Civil Merit in Spain. He is a frequent speaker on fintech, African innovation, and digital infrastructure.