Mubarak Abubakari
Education
University:
University of Cape Town
Academic Major:
Actuary Science
Biography
Other Activities:
Activities during high school:
- President of Free State Provincial RCL, TMED District RCL and Circuit 4 RCL
- Debate team captain
- Honorary member of Free State Provincial SGB
- Headboy of Ficksburg High School
- Led province wide awareness event for GBV within schools
Lover of good books, deep conversations, video games and rewatching the Harry Potter series like it’s a personal tradition.
Dream For Your Country:
I dream of a South Africa where every young person (no matter their background) has access to quality education and is equipped with financial literacy from an early age. A nation where knowledge is not a privilege but a right, and where innovation flows from the townships to the world stage. My mission? To take the fintech and data science industries by storm, using code, algorithms, and vision to rewrite the story of economic empowerment in Africa. One if-statement at a time.
Favorite Quote:
"Pain is an inextricable thread in the fabric of life, and to tear it out is not only impossible, but destructive: attempting to tear it out unravels everything else with it. To try to avoid pain is to care too much about pain. In contrast, if you’re able to not care about the pain, you become unstoppable." - Mark Manson