The Brief · Feb 2026
Jabu said it is exploring a smart-safe manufacturing facility in Namibia, alongside local workforce expansion and deeper partnerships with banks and enterprises.
B2B payments, transforming Africa's cash economy
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
JABU is a Namibian fintech and B2B commerce platform that digitizes cash-heavy merchant operations across Southern Africa with smart safes, a digital wallet, card acceptance, mobile-money collection, disbursements, and related cash-management services.
Primary product
JabuPay / JabuSafe cash digitization and payments platform
Founded
2020
Headquarters
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia
Team size
50-60
Industry
Financial Services
Sub-industry
Fintech / cash digitization / B2B payments
Offices
Windhoek, Namibia
Lusaka, Zambia
Johannesburg, South Africa
Côte d’Ivoire (launch/operations announced in 2025)
Business model
Monthly fee for smart safe deployment and service
Payments and wallet-based transaction rails
Cash-in-transit and cash-management services
Distribution, merchandising, and logistics services
Future transaction commissions on wallet activity
Funding
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$21.5M
Latest round
Series A · May 2022
Latest amount
$15M
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Co-Founder
COO and Head of Partnerships
Head of Growth
Partner
Work & culture
Public recruiting copy emphasizes a diverse, entrepreneurial team and four stated values: Reinvent Cash, Move Fast, People First, and Think Big. The company also says it is hiring across Africa.
Compensation
No formal compensation policy or pay bands were publicly posted. Public company-profile snippets surfaced example role salaries, but they were not presented as an official compensation framework.
Product & market
Pricing
Primarily a predictable monthly fee for smart-safe deployment and service; the company also references logistics/distribution revenue and future wallet-transaction commissions.
Differentiators
- —Turns physical cash into digital value immediately at the point of deposit
- —Combines smart safes, wallet, card acceptance, and disbursements in one ecosystem
- —Includes insurance, armed CIT pickups, maintenance, and training in the monthly fee
- —Provides real-time dashboards and reconciliation
- —Built specifically for cash-heavy Southern African markets
Technology
React
Zendesk
Freshdesk
Springboard
QuickBooks
Laravel
PHP
Microservices
Zoho
Python
WhatsApp
Airtable
HubSpot
Git
Flutter
Google Sheets
ClickUp
Mixpanel
Figma
Jira
Customers
Namcor
Mount Meru
Oryx
Puma
Engen
Shell
Namibia Breweries Limited
ABInBev
Bokomo
Coca-Cola
Namibmills
merchants and retailers across Southern Africa
banks and financial institutions
Competitors
Wasoko
TradeDepot
MaxAB
Chari
Omnibiz
MarketForce
Sabi
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
USD 1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
550
Latest news
JABU LinkedIn · Oct 2025
Jabu announced an interoperability partnership with MTN Zambia so users can send funds between JabuPay and MTN numbers instantly.
JABU LinkedIn · May 2025
Jabu announced its launch in Côte d’Ivoire, describing it as its 5th country and saying it was seeing strong interest from banks, supermarkets, petrol stations, manufacturers, and retailers.
David Akinin LinkedIn · Apr 2025
JabuPay said it had integrated with Airtel Zambia, enabling instant transfers between JabuSafe/JabuPay and Airtel users and improving collections reconciliation.
TechCrunch · May 2022
TechCrunch reported JABU’s $15M Series A led by Tiger Global and highlighted its expansion plans across Southern Africa.
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