About Thinkn
Thinkn builds the technology that businesses and governments can't build themselves. It is an operating company that builds and operates technology businesses in joint venture with partners who know the market.
What Thinkn does
Thinkn builds and operates technology companies. The team is here. The platform is here. The engineering decisions are made here. Each business is built alongside a partner who brings what technology alone cannot:
- Market access
- Regulatory authority
- Distribution
- Capital
Thinkn builds. The partner makes it work.
How a Thinkn joint venture works
Every venture starts with a market that needs technology, a partner with the access to it, and a platform that holds together at scale.
- Thinkn brings the team, the technology and the operating discipline.
- The partner brings the network, the relationships and the path to market.
- Equity, not invoices: both sides are owners.
Read more in the joint venture FAQ.
Why Thinkn
- Velocity. Thinkn takes national-scale systems from contract to live in months. In Zimbabwe, the national carbon registry was signed, built and launched by the President inside a year.
- Ownership. Every Thinkn business is a joint venture. Thinkn holds equity, runs operations and shares in the outcome.
- Depth. Thinkn employs the engineers, designers and operators behind every venture. Senior people lead every project. No outsourced delivery, no handoffs.
- Network. Thinkn’s shareholders bring access to financial markets, government stakeholders and institutional capital across Africa, Asia and the Gulf.
What Thinkn has built
A6 Labs builds sovereign carbon market infrastructure that lets governments operate their own national carbon registries under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. With the government of Zimbabwe, A6 Labs launched the world’s first fully blockchain-integrated national carbon registry:
- Over two million carbon credits issued and tracked on the blockchain
- Twelve credit issuances completed on-chain
- Credit value tripled after the registry launched
- Launches across multiple African nations scheduled for 2026
Leadership and team
Harib Bakhshi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Founder and CEO of Thinkn. Over thirteen years in technology, with deep expertise in AI, blockchain and enterprise software. Leads the company’s technology strategy, product vision and digital transformation work for governments and enterprises. Based in Dubai.
The Thinkn team of engineers, designers and operators works across Dubai, Europe and Africa, building the technology behind every Thinkn business.
Company details
- Registered entity: Thinkn Technologies Ltd.
- DIFC License CL12246, Dubai International Financial Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Shareholders: Ajeej Capital and Equiti
- Markets: Africa, Asia and the Middle East
- Thinkn on LinkedIn
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