The No. 1 InsurTech Podcast in Africa, for Africa, by Africans. Join us as we share thoughts, ideas about how technology and innovation can change the insurance industry on the African continent specifically in Nigeria. We would be having interviews & discussions with top industry C-Suites, innovators, InsurTech Founders, Investors from around the world. #IBSPodcast #InsurTechinAfrica
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Driving Change with Pay-As-You-Use Motor Insurance
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Hello! Send us a quick text In this episode, we sit down with Temitope Adeyemi, co-founder and CEO of Pay-U, a Nigerian startup revolutionizing the auto insurance industry through a flexible, pay-as-you-use model. Described as the Uber of Comprehensive Motor Insurance, Temitope shares his personal inspiration behind Pay-U’s creation, the challenges…
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Embedded Insurance: Solving for the African Market
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Hello! Send us a quick text Welcome to Season Two! On the first episode of this new season we host a conversation with Jeremy Leach who is the Founder & Executive Director of Inclusivity Solutions; a leading #InsurTechinAfrica focused on micro and embedded insurance offerings to African customers. Join us to learn about Jeremy's journey into insura…
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Hello! Send us a quick text We are gearing up for fresh conversations in season two of InsurTech Business Series Podcast. Subscribe now and join our community Register for our upcoming IBS Insurance Innovation Roundtable organized in partnership with by MyCover.ai the Nigerian Insurers Association by clicking here. Check our Press Release here. Joi…
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IBS Conference 2020 Panel Session: Reimagining Insurance Distribution and Customer Experience
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Hello! Send us a quick text This is a panel session from the first-ever #IBSConference in 2022 moderated by the new Deputy Commissioner for Insurance in Nigeria (Technical) Ekerete Ola Gam-Ikon and featuring Richard Leftley ( Founder, Wavu), Sam Baddoo (Founder/CEO, Fleri), Eunice Maina (Founder/CEO, Bismart) and Opeyemi Osiyemi (Co-Founder, Claims…
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Building the Infrastructure for the Future of Insurance (Part 2)
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Hello! Send us a quick text Our guest, Adebowale Banjo is the Co-Founder of MyCover.ai is a serial entrepreneur who has been in the InsurTech space far longer than many in the space today. He was General Manager of the first InsurTech startup in Nigeria; AutoGenius, a business that he described as being way ahead of its time. In this episode, he sh…
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Building the Infrastructure for the Future of Insurance (Part 1)
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Hello! Send us a quick text Our guest, Adebowale Banjo is the Co-Founder of MyCover.ai is a serial entrepreneur who has been in the InsurTech space far longer than many in the space today. He was General Manager of the first InsurTech startup in Nigeria; AutoGenius, a business that he described as being way ahead of its time. In this episode, he sh…
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IBS Conference 2020 Panel Session: InsurTech & FinTech: Partnership for Inclusive Insurance
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Hello! Send us a quick text This is a panel session from the first-ever #IBSConference in 2022 where Dooshima Dapo-Oyewole (Digital Transformation Expert) moderated a conversation featuring Dr. Babatunde Obrimah, (COO, FinTech Association of Nigeria), Akin Jones (Founder/CEO, Aella) and Rob Galbraith (Founder/CEO, Forestview Insights). This session…
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IBS Conference 2020 Fireside Chat: Innovation & Partnerships for Sustainable Insurance
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Hello! Send us a quick text Throwback to when our co-founder ‘Damola Oloko had a fireside chat during the 2020 IBS Conference with Rashidat Adebisi CCO, AXA Mansard & Henry Mascot Founder, Curacel. The IBS Conference 2020 was the first InsurTech conference in Africa and was sponsored by AXA Nigeria; a leading composite insurance company & Curacel; …
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IBS Conference 2020 Panel Session: Simplifying Insurance for the Emerging Market
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Hello! Send us a quick text Old but Gold. Here you can listen to the first panel session at our first IBS Conference in 2020 with Muhammed Adebiyi- then of YOA Insurance Brokers (Moderator), Dr. Ikpeme Neto- Founder, Wellahealth, Adeola Adebanjo- then the Head of Retail Solutions, AXA Mansard, Aparajit Bhattacharya- Co-Founder, Insure First and Dr.…
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Transforming the Insurance Landscape in Southern Africa
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Hello! Send us a quick text Ever wonder what it takes to change the course of a whole industry? We're honored to host Arun P. Iyer, the Founder and CEO of Alpha Direct InsurTech, who is doing just that in the African insurance landscape. Brace yourself for an inspiring journey from a small-town upbringing, to a young boy investing in stocks, to a C…
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Exploring the Asian InsurTech Landscape
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Hello! Send us a quick text Do you ever wonder how the world of insurance is shaking up in Asia? You're in for a treat! This episode offers a deep dive into the evolving landscape of Asia's insurance industry, with insightful conversations with Theresa Blissing, Founder of the Asia InsurTech Podcast. Theresa Blissing, a seasoned insurance professio…
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Unlocking the Future of Health Insurance
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Hello! Send us a quick text For episode 41, we catch up with Dr. Ikpeme Neto, Founder/CEO of leading InsurTech/HealthTech WellaHealth on their work around solving the challenge of out-of-pocket expenditure for healthcare; a $7b market. In this episode, we venture into the often challenging terrain of global healthcare delivery, tackling thorny issu…
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Fueling Insurance Innovation in New Markets (2)
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Hello! Send us a quick text On this Episode Damola & Folumy host an enriching conversation with Patrick Kelahan, The Insurance Elephant. He is the Chief Elephant at The Insurance Elephant Incubator and sits on the board of a number of InsurTech startups. Patrick is so full of knowledge about innovation and technology within the insurance industry a…
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Fueling Insurance Innovation in New Markets (1)
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Hello! Send us a quick text On this Episode Damola & Folumy host an enriching conversation with Patrick Kelahan, The Insurance Elephant. He is the Chief Elephant at The Insurance Elephant Incubator and sits on the board of a number of InsurTech startups. Patrick is so full of knowledge about innovation and technology within the insurance industry a…
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Closing the Protection Gap in Africa with Microinsurance & Innovation
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Hello! Send us a quick text In this episode, we delve into the transformative world of microinsurance in Africa, focusing on Motisure, an innovative InsurTech company based in Kenya. Join us as we explore how Motisure is closing the protection gap for commercial motorbike riders (Boda boda riders) through their unique microinsurance offerings, deve…
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Delivering on Mass Market Insurance in Africa
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Hello! Send us a quick text On this episode we sit with Ted Pantone who is the Co-Founder/CEO of leading #InsurTech and microinsurance player, Turaco. Turaco has recently announced that they have insured 1m customers across the three markets they are currently in (Uganda, Kenya & Nigeria); the majority of whom are engaging with insurance for the fi…
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Insurance Innovation Trends and Opportunities for Incumbents & Startups
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Hello! Send us a quick text To celebrate the first year of #IBSPodcast in 2021, Damola & Folumy hosted Rob Galbraith, Bryan Falchuk, Eunice Maina & Frederik Bisbjerg to discuss their books, trends in insurance innovation and opportunities that exist for the growth of the space. Register for our upcoming IBS Insurance Innovation Roundtable organized…
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Hello! Send us a quick text In the episode, we sit with Tunji Andrews Founder/CEO of Awabah to discuss the interesting work Awabah is pioneering in the Nigerian Pensions space. Awabah is the first micro pension startup in Nigeria, working with Pension Funds Administrators (PFA) to offer pension services to gig workers, and underserved members of so…
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Women in Insurance: Untapped Value for the African Industry
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Hello! Send us a quick text We discussed the realities of insurance in Africa being male-dominated, opportunities that inclusion brings and possible solutions, action points needed to change this reality for good. Speakers Adeolu Adewumi-Zer - MD/CEO, Allianz Nigeria Jihan Abass - Founder/CEO, Lami Insurance Technology Rashidat Adebisi - ED/Chief C…
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Unconventional Insurance in an Emerging Market
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Hello! Send us a quick text Following the pandemic, we have seen development and drive from forward-thinking insurers and InsurTechs to offer new and innovative insurance services to customers; partnership is being embraced, embedded insurance (finance) is on everyone's lips, new insurance models are being tested and adopted and products are being …
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Enabling Disruptive Growth via Tech & Innovation
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Hello! Send us a quick text We sat with one of the women disrupting insurance as we know it in Africa for an exclusive chat; talking about the opportunities in the space, her journey into innovating for insurance and what the future holds for mTek an InsurTech based in Kenya. Bente Krogmann is CEO of mTek Services is a "digital online insurance pla…
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Backing the Innovation Disrupting Insurance
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Hello! Send us a quick text In this episode, we sit with the InsurTech Queen Sabine Vanderlinden Co-Founder/CEO of Alchemy Crew, a company whose mission is to guide disruptive leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs to scale-up growth and profitable returns in a post-pandemic world. Sabine shares with us her experience early on in insurance and how …
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Redefining Insurance Access and Customer Experience
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Hello! Send us a quick text On this episode we sit with Gbenro Dara Founder/CEO of Octamile one of the pioneer InsurTechs in Nigeria. Octamile is helping insurers reach more and most especially new markets by integrating their products on Octamile’s Super API. Gbenro and team is able to offer insurance to customers on digital platforms in various i…
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FSD Africa: Fostering Innovation in the African Insurance Industry
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Hello! Send us a quick text On this episode, we sit with Elias Omondi from FSD Africa. He is one of the leading voices in insurance innovation in Africa. In our last episode featuring Elias, he was with the Insurance Regulator in Kenya where he pioneered the first-ever regulator-backed InsurTech Accelerator Lab in Africa. The Lab has since been abs…
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Accessing Capital as an InsurTech in Africa
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Hello! Send us a quick text Following the trends in 2021, 2022 looks to be the year for #InsurTechinAfrica to burst out than ever before. Key to that is the increased interest and activities of investors in the space. In this year's first #IBSWebinar we had an in-depth conversation about the realities of raising capital as an InsurTech operating in…
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Uncovering the Value Tech & Innovation brings to Insurance in Nigeria
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Hello! Send us a quick text In this episode we have a chat with Gigaloluwa Ilori former Head of Strategy Execution at AXA Nigeria and Founder of Agnosys Health, a healthtech company based in Nigeria and focused on providing quality home healthcare services to Nigerians. Our conversation with Giga touched on his experience in the insurance industry,…
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Online market places & Insurance: A Glimpse at the Present and Future
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Hello! Send us a quick text In this episode we have a chat with Hermann Fried Managing Director of Bsurance, an insurtech company based in Austria. Bsurance is specialized in embedded insurance and our conversation with Hermann centered around his experience in insurance, what Bsurance is looking to achieve in the insurance space and what the futur…
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A Pineapple Approach to Improving Insurance Experience
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Hello! Send us a quick text In this episode, we are joined by Sizwe Ndlovu who is Chief Technology Officer at South African InsurTech company, Pineapple. We talked about his journey into insurance, what Pineapple is looking to achieve and what the future hold for InsurTech in South Africa and RoA. Join our IBS community on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instag…
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Innovative Models, Tech that can Improve the Insurance Market in Africa
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Hello! Send us a quick text In this episode, we are joined by Marjorie Ngwenya who wears so many hats these days. She is a Past President of the prestigious Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, a leadership Coach, an Actuary by profession, an Author, Speaker and currently a Board Member of Tangerine Africa. We delve into her background and experienc…
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Bonus: Promoting access to Quality Healthcare & Insurance with Recyclables
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Hello! Send us a quick text Nonso Opurum is the Founder and CEO of Nigerian InsurTech startup SOSO Care who are providing Nigerians with access to quality healthcare by leveraging micro health insurance and alternative premium financing options like collecting Recyclables. Their aim is to get more Nigerians insured especially those in the low-incom…
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Successfully Insuring Africa's Underserved Population
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Hello! Send us a quick text In today’s episode, we are joined by two women pushing, reshaping microinsurance in Ghana and Kenya. Leona Abban (Country Manager, MicroEnsure Ghana) & Wairimu Njoki (Country Manager, MicroEnsure Kenya) shared with us their experience, the regulatory landscape in their countries and strategies they are employing in order…
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Hello! Send us a quick text Register for our upcoming IBS Insurance Innovation Roundtable organized in partnership with by MyCover.ai the Nigerian Insurers Association by clicking here. Check our Press Release here. Join our IBS community on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram Check out our free resources on InsurTech ecosystem and innovation in the Afric…
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How OKO is Reshaping Agribusiness in Africa with Parametric Insurance
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Hello! Send us a quick text In this episode, we sat with Simon Schwall, a micro-insurance specialist and Founder of OKO; an insurtech company leveraging mobile technology & Satelite data to offer simple and affordable Crop Insurance to small-scale farmers in Africa. OKO is based currently operating in Mali and Uganda and is looking to expand across…
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Scaling Microinsurance in Africa: Models that Work
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Hello! Send us a quick text Having played in the microinsurance space in Africa for almost two decades, Richard Leftley is an authority on the topic. In our episode today, we ask him about the challenges so far, opportunities that still abound through innovation and technology and what models he has tried and which one has worked. Richard is Execut…
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Bonus: Potential for Embedded Insurance in Nigeria with Milad Saleh
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Hello! Send us a quick text Milad is a Business Consultant and is currently on a journey with Penni.io to revolutionize insurance distribution through embedded insurance. Penni.io is on a mission to make insurance easier to understand and more accessible to everyone. Register for our upcoming IBS Insurance Innovation Roundtable organized in partner…
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Understanding the opportunities Blockchain Technology brings to Insurance & Trade in Africa
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Hello! Send us a quick text In recent months, Blockchain has become come under the spotlight and different use cases have been discussed including insurance. On Episode 25, we were privileged to chat with Africa's Blockchain Evangelist and one of LinkedIn's top voices, Shadrack Kubyane. He is the Co-Founder of Coronet Blockchain and he spoke to us …
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How the IRA in Kenya Builds an Ecosystem for Insurance & Insurtech
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Hello! Send us a quick text We cap the first year of IBS with a conversation with Elias Omondi who is the Innovation Lead at IRA of Kenya. He shared openly with us the focus of the regulator, how they are fostering innovation in the industry and why they are supporting insurtechs with Bima Regulatory Sandbox as well as Bima Lab. Join us at our anni…
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Insurance for the Emerging Gig Economy
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Hello! Send us a quick text On this episode we take a trip down to Sydney, Australia to chat with Naby Mariyam who is the Founder/CEO of Coverhero. Coverhero's mission is to deliver relevant, hyper-personalised coverage in moments that matter to their customers. At the moment they are focused on providing protection to Gig Economy workers and we we…
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Reimagining Insurance for Emerging Customers in East Africa
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Hello! Send us a quick text On this Episode we sit with Saurabh Sharma who is the General Manager, Microinsurance at one of the biggest insurers in East Africa, Britam. He shares with us his thoughts on how best we can scale insurance on the continent, how Britam is going about that by leveraging ecosystem partnerships & technology and also their j…
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Allianz 2.0: Customer-centric Approach to Growing Insurance
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Hello! Send us a quick text On Episode 21 we had the privilege of hosting the new MD/CEO of Allianz in Nigeria in the person of Adeolu Adewumi-Zer. She shares with us her experience as an Allianzer for the past 10 years, experience in the Turkish and East African market, her motivation and what exactly Allianz 2.0 means for their operations in Nige…
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Reshaping Insurance Experience as Customers Evolve
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Hello! Send us a quick text In Episode 20 we host one of the world’s top speaker & thought-leader on insurtech and insurance; Dr. Robin Kiera who is a “recovering agent” and now a consultant helping insurers rejig their sales processes and communication. He is based out of Germany and is CEO of Digitalscouting. Listen, Subscribe and Share this podc…
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Strategies for the Insurance Industry in 2021 and Beyond
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Hello! Send us a quick text To kick-off the year 2021, we sat down with Ope Osiyemi who is Co-Founder/CEO of Claimsify as she shares her personal experience with a fire incident that spurred her to do something about the claims experience of insurance customers. She also shared her thoughts on skills insurance professionals must be embracing and th…
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How API and Partnerships are Shaping the Future of Insurance in Kenya
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Hello! Send us a quick text On our last episode for the year 2020, we speak with Jihan Abass, Founder & CEO of Lami Insurance Technology; an insurtech company based in Kenya but has its sights on having a presence all over the continent of Africa. We speak to Jihan about her journey into the insurance industry, what Lami is bringing to insurers, th…
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Insurance, Technology & Human Resources
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Hello! Send us a quick text A new reality for insurance has berth and this has brought a new realization when it comes to the nature of work in the industry. The skills, abilities, persons needed has changed and there is a need for HR professionals to re-engineer, rethink their work. It’s to this end we had the privilege of hosting Kunbi Adeoti who…
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Financial Inclusion Through Microinsurance
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Hello! Send us a quick text There is a lot of opportunity for microinurance on the African continent and we had the King of Microinsurance, Luis Kinuthia on to discuss in detail the situation, challenges and where the industry can improve in order to get more people insured.With experience working with the likes of Mico Ensure in Kenya, Luis is cur…
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Digitalisation of Insurance from Start to Finish
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Hello! Send us a quick text Its episode 15 and we host a conversation about Digitalisation in the insurance industry. It was a huge privilege for us to host Frederik Bisbjerg who is the current Executive Director, Digitalisation at Daman Health in the United Arab Emirates. With over 25 years of working in the insurance space helping insurers with d…
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Unlocking Partnership Opportunities between FinTech and Insurance
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Hello! Send us a quick text On this episode we feature the Co-Founder/CEO of Aella App and we talk extensively about his investment banking background, why Aella chose to enter into the health insurance space and what the future holds. There is a special announcement at the end of the episode and we are happy to share it with you. About Aella App: …
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Fleri: Health Insurance without Borders
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Hello! Send us a quick text Welcome to another episode and we are excited to share the conversation we had with Sam Baddoo who is the Founder/CEO of Fleri a health insurance marketplace that sells health insurance to immigrants around the world for the benefit of their loved ones in Africa. We spoke about his journey into insurance, what Fleri aims…
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From Agency to Digitally Distributing Insurance in Africa
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Hello! Send us a quick text On this episode we celebrate another #IBSWomaninInsurance. Her name is Eunice Maina and she is the Founder/CEO of Bismart Insurance based in Kenya. Eunice started her journey in insurance as an Agent earning a commission and today she is trailblazing in the Insurtech space in Kenya. Bismart is an insurance marketplace wh…
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Simplifying Insurance for the Emerging Market
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Hello! Send us a quick text On this episode we are celebrating another amazing woman on our #IBSWomeninInsurance Project. Her name is Rashidat Adebisi and she is the Chief Client Officer at AXA Mansard. Folumy’s chat with her centered around digital transformation, innovation and AXA’s new plans to target emerging markets by creating simple and aff…
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