No more endless queues and inconvenience for Ugandans seeking to pay for the mandatory Third Party Insurance policy as the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) is in talks with the Uganda Revenue Authority to have the service moved online.
Ibrahim Lubega...
Ghana's ESICH Life Assurance has successfully implemented AGILIS Life Insurance System form AQgile Financial Technologies. the solution was selected with the view of providing customers, brokers, agents and channels exceptional service capabilites and superior experience.
“Our main goal is to...
APA Insurance now has an online campaign going on meant to celebrate one of the benefits of its revolutionary Globetrotter Travel Cover – compensation for damaged or lost baggage.
Dubbed #BaggageDrama, the 1 minute 27 seconds video has generated a...
MFS Africa has launched a mobile insurance product, dubbed Zem Aussur, unlike any other insurance product the product will be protecting drivers of motorcycles taxis in Benin; This product will be made possible by MTN Benini and Nouvelle Société...
LeapFrog Investments has acquired a KSh 1.68b ($US18.7m) majority stake in Resolution Insurance, through its holding company, Resolution Health East Africa Limited in a move that will help LeapFrog tap into East Africa's growing insurance sector which is estimated...
Airtel Kenya will be offering a two year insurance cover to all its customers who buy iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in any of its designated outlets in the country.
This insurance will cover the phone over accidental damage...
Mauritius-based GML and Chedid Capital have set up 50%-50% joint venture in East Africa to serve the growing to invest in and provide operational management services to a series of selected insurance brokers across 10 countries in East and...
Nigeria's first online insurance comparison site MyAutoGenius.com has partnered with Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc; AIICO Plc; Royal Exchange Plc; Leadway Assurance Limited; NEM Insurance Plc and Custodian & Allied to make it the biggest online insurance platform ever in...
Telecel Zimbabwe has partnered with Zimnat Lion, a local insurance firm to launch a mobile insurance product for its subscribers. and will allow them to make premium payments on a monthly basis from their mobile phones.
Dubbed Telecare, the service...
Prudential plc, the UK-based international financial services group, has announces its entry into the Kenyan life insurance market with the acquisition of Shield Assurance Company Limited.
Over the next 12 months, Prudential, intends to invest KES1.4 billion as the first step in...
The Lumia 930 is now available in Nigeria, thanks to the partnership between Microsoft and Mansard Insurance.
The recently launch smartphone runs on Windows 8.1 and comes with features such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, XBOX, Skype and...
Insurance is the bedrock of a person’s well being and bima247, which was launched last month, is here to ensure that the insurance procedures are as easy as it could be. Techmoran got hold of Micheal Otieno, one of...
The annual MTN Business App of the Year awards took place in Johannesburg, celebrating local talent and highlighting the innovation of South African developers.
The winning app was LIVE Inspect – an app designed to help speed up and improve...
Telecommunications operator Airtel Nigeria has partnered with MicroEnsure and Cornerstone Insurance, two of Nigeria’s leading insurance firms, to launch a free insurance product that provides its mobile subscribers with hospital and life insurance.
Dubbed Airtel Insurance, the world’s latest insurance...
Whether it's Gorrila Corning glass or whatever type of glass, phone screens can crack anytime if they're handled badly or dropped have come across several that have been smashed beyond use and needed the screen replaced and back covers...
Orange Kenya and CIC Insurance Group have jointly launched a mobile insurance product called Orange Bima. The product will give the subscribers of Orange Mobile to insure their mobile devices with a sum of up to KSh40,000, as well...
Kenyans will now be able to buy insurance online without the need for intermediaries through an online portal called www.Bima247.com.
www.Bima247.com is powered by bima247, software developed by Cubic Media Systems and Logistics, a Kenyan based software Development Company and...
Unlike in European markets, 90% of retail payments in Africa are via cash, with only 10% of payments made electronically.
Though South Africa is moving fast into a cash-less economy, it still has an estimated 67% of the adult population unbanked, and 37%...
Barclays Bank of Kenya (BBK) has launched a very new product in the Kenyan market, the Salary Retrenchment Cover which is for their customers who have their salaries processed by the bank to cushion them from a disrupted lifestyle...
SAP Africa has partnered with Hartford Green Consulting to boost the cloud efforts of West Africa's growing insurance industry.
The partnership will use SAP A1 solution as a managed cloud service (MCaaS) go-to-market model on a customer subscription basis. The...
Etisalat Nigeria has partnered with FBN Insurance Limited to launch of ‘Sure4Life”, an airtime-based insurance product designed to increase penetration and consumer access to affordable insurance products via the mobile telephone.
Sure4Life is expected to help drive availability and accessibility...
MTN Nigeria, Salt & Einstein MTS and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) have partnered to launch Y’ello Health, a mobile based universal health insurance service.
Aimed at mobile subscribers and given through health management organizations, Y’ello Health is a...
Since the launch of free insurance product for Airtel customers by Enerprise Life, the telecommunication company has enjoyed serving 100,000 customers.
Airtel Insurance offers Airtel customers life, accidental permanent disability and hospitalization insurance with benefits increasing based on recharge and...
Kenya Orient Insurance Company is ready to unveil a new product that will see owners of expensive mobile phones.
According The Star newspaper, the product to be launched today (Monday) will not force clients to lump domestic items in the...
Two months after the Heritage Insurance Company signed a deal with Turnkey Africa a local technology firm, it has now launched a new product that has been integrated with online tools.
The new product known as Heritage Blue targets corporate...
Nation Media Group (NMG), East Africa’s largest independent media company, owned by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), has been sold, ending Aga Khan's 66-year relationship with the Nairobi-listed publisher.
AKFED said on Monday it would sell its...
NCBA Bank has reinforced its commitment to sustainable and affordable homeownership by hosting its annual Property Investment Tour using fully electric buses and unveiling its new Solar Leasing Solution aimed at making clean energy more accessible for Kenyan households.
The...
Absa Bank Kenya has entered the high-end payment market with the launch of its new Visa Infinite Metal card, a product designed to bridge the gap between global luxury and local utility.
The new offering, available in both debit and...
Britam General Insurance has unveiled a drive-through claims facility powered by artificial intelligence that processes and pays motor insurance claims within two hours, cutting sharply from the industry standard of five working days.
The Britam AI Motor Assessment Service, based...
NCBA Group on Thursday brought together more than 100 small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) traders in Nairobi for a financial literacy and advisory forum aimed at strengthening business resilience and expanding access to tailored financial solutions.
The forum drew traders...