Building Insurtech in Africa: Notes for the BimaLab Cohort

A session with the BimaLab Africa InsurTech Accelerator — FSD Africa's programme supporting early-stage insurtech founders across the continent — sharing the Octamile journey with a cohort drawn from across African markets.

The conversation covered founder storytelling, unlocking funding in insurance and micro-insurance across climate, health and agribusiness risk, and the practical realities of building distribution and trust in low-penetration markets.