Media
Press coverage, interviews, and features across print, digital, and broadcast.
Future-Proofing SMEs: PayCover by Octamile
TechCabal covers Octamile's PayCover product — an embedded insurance solution designed to protect SMEs beyond traditional insurance coverage models.
19 March 2024
Gbenro Dara — Octamile
SONR Global profiles Gbenro Dara and Octamile's approach to embedded insurance infrastructure in Africa.
30 September 2022
Gbenro Dara's Insurtech startup, Octamile, is enabling insurance access to every social class
The Ouut Media's Backend Stories series profiles Gbenro Dara and Octamile's mission to make insurance accessible across every income level in Nigeria.
31 December 2021
TechCabal Daily — Going the Octa-mile
TechCabal's daily newsletter covers Octamile's launch and what it means for insurance distribution in Nigeria.
1 December 2021
Octamile — EchoVC Portfolio
EchoVC's portfolio page for Octamile, the embedded insurance infrastructure company co-founded by Gbenro Dara.
30 November 2021
Nigeria-based insurtech startup, Octamile, launches with $500k pre-seed
Octamile, co-founded by Gbenro Dara, raises $500k in pre-seed funding led by EchoVC to build embedded insurance infrastructure for Africa.
30 November 2021
Africa's digital InsurTech startup, Octamile comes out of stealth mode
IBS Intelligence covers Octamile's launch, its B2B API-first approach, and the gap in African insurance distribution the company is addressing.
30 November 2021
Octamile, Africa's digital insurtech, comes out of stealth mode
Zawya covers Octamile's emergence from stealth, the $500k pre-seed round, and the company's mission to democratise insurance access across Africa.
30 November 2021
Why Nigeria's vehicle financing culture is struggling to take flight
A deep dive into the structural reasons vehicle financing in Nigeria has failed to scale — and what it would take to change that.
8 September 2021
Building in silence: CEO Gbenro Dara speaks on Olist's growth
Gbenro Dara speaks to TechCabal about growing OList to 1M+ seller accounts and 4M monthly users under Opera — deliberately, quietly, and without the typical Nigerian startup fanfare.
14 April 2021
Pulse Voices: Make Nigeria Great Again (MNGA)
A data-driven analysis of Nigeria's economic performance against peers, arguing that strong institutions are the foundation for prosperity — with twelve targeted policy recommendations.
16 June 2020
Cheki ex-CEO joins Opera as MD to lead OList
TechPoint Africa reports on Gbenro Dara's appointment as Managing Director of OList, Opera's Nigerian classifieds platform.
19 November 2019
AutoGenius — don't buy car insurance from 'one guy like that'
Disrupt Africa covers AutoGenius, Gbenro Dara's first insurance startup — Nigeria's first online motor insurance comparison platform, built a decade before Octamile.
26 July 2015