ALUMNI: JUN SHIOMITSU (2020)
VENTURE: AFRICAN BUSINESS INSTITUTE
Jun Shiomitsu has transitioned out of African Business Institute
AFRICAN BUSINESS INSTITUTE
WAKISO, UGANDA
African Business Institute is a relentlessly practical, Christian entrepreneurship institute in Uganda and Malawi that innovatively combines MBA-level business lectures, delivered by professors from some of the world’s top universities, with live projects, high-quality mentorship, and opportunities for investment. ABI’s vision is to apply the Great Commission to business – to baptise the business sphere for Jesus Christ. The startups that ABI launches are designed to build God’s Kingdom in their individual sectors. ABI has launched 17 Christian businesses in Uganda, Malawi, and Liberia.
JUN SHIOMITSU
2020 FELLOW
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT | AVODA GROUP
Jun is the founder and president of AVODA Group in Uganda and Japan, which trains Christian entrepreneurs in Uganda, while advising global corporates and governments. AVODA’s unique selling point is that it connects its African entrepreneurial network to global trade and outsourcing, not only traditional investments or grants. Before AVODA, Jun was president of the African Business Institute (ABI), where he launched 22 Christian startups since 2018 in Uganda, Malawi, and Liberia. Before this, he was a banker in Japan, the UK and Switzerland, initially as the Assistant Vice President of the Treasury Department of Citibank Japan, where he managed a US$100 million portfolio of global currencies and money market instruments. He also served as co-founder of the Global Financial Institute of Deutsche Bank Group, where he worked with the European Finance Association, the British House of Lords, Members of Parliament and economists from leading global universities to create post-financial crisis research and strategies for the European investment banking sector. Jun earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Cambridge. He was also privately educated to be a pastor in Japan, spending five years studying theology, church history, comparative religion, apologetics, and other biblical studies.