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Faulu launches insurance cover to cushion patients diagnosed with critical illness

Faulu Microfinance bank has launched a critical illness insurance cover under its bancassurance portfolio aimed at reducing financial burden in the event that one is diagnosed with Critical illness. Critical illness insurance provides the policyholder with additional cover for big medical...

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Property Damage Liability Car Insurance Coverage: How Does It Work?

So you bought yourself your dream car or just a car that gets you from point A to B. Of course, you’ve spent a lot of money on it, but sadly the spending spree has not stopped yet. Apart...

Startups

Power and Turaco partner to offer low-cost insurance to gig workers across Africa.

Power Financial Wellness, a fintech startup, has partnered with Turaco, an insurtech firm, to provide customers with affordable health insurance products. These insurance plans with flexible premium payments, which fall under Power's "Protect" product pillar, are aimed towards gig and...

Startups

Insurtech startup ETAP secures $ 1.5M pre-seed funding to enable more Africans acquire car insurance.

ETAP, a Nigerian insurtech startup that wants to make it easier to buy and claim insurance, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to grow its team and accelerate the adoption of much-needed car insurance in Africa, sStarting in...

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M-TIBA & Britam launch campaign to improve insurance uptake in Kenya

M-TIBA and Britam Insurance have started a nine-day educational roadshow to emphasize the necessity and affordability of health insurance to the general public, to assist more Kenyans in making better health insurance decisions. “Medical bills and expenses could easily lead...

Insurance

How Bimaleo a pay-as-you-use insurance app is helping to reduce the cost of premiums

Bimaleo offers private and commercial drivers, real-time, personalised auto insurance policies. “Bimaleo ‘as needed’ and Bimaleo ‘by the mile’, instead of the industry-standard full-year premiums based on approximations and estimates that have historically made prices unfair. With the pay-as-you-use/drive motor...

Tech

M-TIBA & Jubilee Health Insurance Product Reaching Over 3,000 Lives Via Mobile Phones

M-TIBA and Jubilee Health Insurance have today announced that their health insurance cover dubbed Group Micro Health Product, launched in April 2021 has greatly benefited over 45 SMEs across Nairobi, Kisumu, Meru and the Mt. Kenya regions and has...

Startups

YC-backed Curacel unveils Grow, its API to allow tech startups offer insurance services across Africa

Curacel, the African insurance infrastructure startup, has launched Curacel Grow, its API platform to allow technology companies to seamlessly offer insurance as part of their existing products and services. The Winter 2022 Y Combinator portfolio startup says Grow will...

Startups

Global Index Insurance Facility announces winners of the Africa AgTech & Inclusive Insurance Challenge 2022 in Africa

The Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF), a World Bank Group program, announced the three top winners of the Africa AgTech & Inclusive Insurance Challenge, a competition for technology-led enterprises in Africa to offer innovative solutions for agriculture and inclusive insurance. The 1st place Winner was Omishtu-Joy from Ethiopia, an agritech startup that...

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FSD Africa and Nigeria’s National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) partner to launch BimaLab, an insurtech accelerator programme.

FSD Africa and the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria (NAICOM) have partnered to launch BimaLab, an accelerator program aimed at accelerating the development and adoption of digital insurance solutions. By educating, nurturing, and promoting innovators and insurtech startups, BimaLab Nigeria...

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Casava raises $4M Pre-seed funding to enable Nigerians afford and access insurance.

Casava, Nigeria's first 100% digital insurance company, has raised $4 million in pre-seed funding to give millions of Nigerians with affordable and accessible insurance products. The insurtech startup is leveraging artificial intelligence and behavioural science to develop game-changing claims and...

Insurance

roHealth partners with payCentre and Connect Nigeria to provide free Health Insurance for SMBs.

Nigeria-based healthtech, roHealth partners with PayCentre and ConnectNigeria to launch a free health coverage plan for Small and Medium-scale Businesses in Nigeria. During the official launch, CEO Olalekan Olude said,“We are a platform that gives employees greater decision-making control over their...

Startups

MARAMOJA partners with Switchlink Africa to provide access to credit and insurance services as it opens its API

Kenya's MARAMOJA an AI-powered transport and logistics platform has entered into a partnership with Switchlink Africa to provide access to access to credit and insurance services as it opens its API Fintechs and Insurtechs will have an opportunity to...

Tech

MFS, Heritage Insurance launch digital insurance platform with motor insurance installment plan

Mobile Financial Solutions (MFS) Technologies Limited, a Kenyan fintech has launched a digital insurance booking platform dubbed InsureMe, with ability to allow buy-now, pay-later options. The comprehensive car insurance through its Insurance Premium Financing-led Lipa Pole Pole solution cushioning motor car owners from...

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South Africa’s Root secures $3M seed funding to expand its low-code insurance platform to Europe.

Root, a startup based in Cape Town that is building infrastructure for the digital insurance economy, has raised $3 million in seed funding. Along with primary investors Invenfin, Base Capital, Savannah Fund, P1 Ventures, Luno, and FireID, a select...

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Kwara and Lami Technologies partner to enable greater access to insurance products for SACCO members in Kenya

Digital banking fintech startup Kwara has partnered with Kenyan insurance technology company, Lami Technologies, to provide Savings and Credit Co-operative Society (SACCO) members in Kenya with affordable and transformational insurance products through its digital platform. The partnership will allow SACCO...

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Lami Technologies & Sendy unveil a per-trip insurance cover for transporters in Kenya.

Lami Technologies, a Kenyan insurance technology startup and tech-logistics startup Sendy today announced a partnership that will enable transporters in Kenya to access simple,hassle-free, and affordable insurance products customized on a per-trip basis. Powered by Lami’s insurance API, transporters moving cargo...

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Insurance should be part of SME survival toolkit

By Mercy Ndegwa Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are a major driver of economic development, employment creation, supply chain stability and poverty alleviation. According to the World Bank, they represent nine out of ten businesses and create seven out of every...

COVID-19

UAP Old Mutual has launched a COVID-19 insurance solution for senior citizens.

UAP Old Mutual Group has launched an enhanced insurance solution to provide medical insurance coverage for people aged 65 to 80. Once a person is on-boarded, they are covered for life and do not have to worry about their...

Tech

Naspers injects $2.3 million into SA’s digital short-term insurance platform Ctrl

Naspers has injected R34 million investment ($2.3 million) into digital insurance advice platform, Ctrl, as part of its R1.4 billion commitment to grow early-stage tech companies through its venture fund, Naspers Foundry. Ctrl is a digital short-term insurance advice platform...

COVID-19

Importance of health insurance during the pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic came upon us and led to a lot of destruction. Our lives have changed and some have even lost their loved ones. It is a very difficult time and in this tough time, the last thing...

Tech

How the internet helps you find the RIGHT insurance plan

There’s no Caps Lock mistake in the title of this article. When you buy an insurance plan, you need to make sure it is the RIGHT one. Here’s how the Internet can help you in that direction. Insurance is a...

Tech

What Are the Key Benefits of Insurance to a Business?

Insurance adds an extra layer of protection to your business as it is known as one of the best forms of risk management to protect your business against financial loss or damages. Since running a business involves both unexpected...

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Effectively Managing Liability with An Excavation Insurance

The construction business has its share of risks. Therefore, contractors must take appropriate action to protect themselves. Even a minor mishap can represent a costly liability payout. As such, having adequate insurance coverage can minimize the negative impact of...

Tech

Kenya’s Lami raises $1.8 million to make insurance accessible for underserved populations in Africa

Lami, a Kenyan digital insurance technology (insurtech) startup has raised $1.8 million to democratize insurance products and services for low-income Kenyans. The round was led by Accion Venture Lab’s seed-stage investment initiative that funds innovative fintech startups that are improving...

Startups

Kenya’s Lami wants to revolutionize traditional insurance with new digital distribution channels

Lami, a Kenyan insurtech startup aims to digitize the entire insurance value chain in a bid to expand its customer base by providing clients with affordable and accessible insurance products. Lami’s preprotery technology lowers insurance distribution costs, reduces insurance premiums...

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Egypt’s pharmacy delivery app Yodawy partners MedNet to simplify the purchase of medical insurance

Yodawy, an Egyptian pharmacy delivery app has partnered with MedNet Egypt, a health programs management platform in a move to serve thousands of insured members and facilitate the process of dispensing insurance medications online through more than 2,000 licensed...

Tech

Vodacom partners Britam to launch VodaBima, a micro-insurance platform on the M-PESA menu

Vodacom Tanzania has partnered with Britam, an East African insurance group, to launch ‘VodaBima’ – a micro-insurance platform accessible on Vodacom's M-PESA menu in Tanzania. VodaBima gives customers the option of saving up for Insurance at no cost in their...

Startups

PESABAZAAR.com in Kenya provides the best online insurance comparison services.

PESABAZZAR.com is a platform that provides online insurance comparison services. Kenyans do not have to undergo the tedious process of looking out for the best insurance services in the market. We purpose to find you the right suitable products...

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Addressing cross-border insurance in Africa

By Luc Bigel, DLA Piper France Counsel Hamza Akli, DLA Piper France Associate Africa remains one of the regions with the greatest growth potential in the world with African organisations focusing their growth strategies beyond borders. With these growth strategies come...

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