Akan Jacobs is a seasoned executive, entrepreneur, and institutional builder with over two decades of experience founding, scaling, and governing businesses across Africa and international markets.
He is the Founder of the Converge Group, a diversified technology and services platform operating across multiple African countries and Europe, with interests spanning enterprise technology, intelligent infrastructure, logistics, commodities, human capital, and digital services. Under his leadership, Converge has evolved from a start-up into a multi-subsidiary group recognised for operational excellence and service culture.
Akan’s career is distinguished by his ability to build institutions that combine technical depth with disciplined governance, customer-centric execution, and long-term strategy. His experience covers board leadership, group strategy, operational oversight, and cross-border expansion.
He brings to Acuity Partners a strong orientation toward ethical leadership, institutional maturity, and sustainable value creation — perspectives critical to advising families, founders, and enterprises operating at scale.
Akan holds degrees in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and Business Administration and has completed extensive executive and professional training in technology and enterprise systems. He is married with children.
