Gbenro Dara

Speaking

Available for keynotes, panels, and podcast conversations on AI, insurtech, and building in emerging markets.

Topics

AI and the future of insurance

How large language models and AI agents are reshaping underwriting, claims, distribution, and the economic logic of insurance itself.

Embedded insurance infrastructure

The technical and commercial architecture of embedded insurance — API design, risk transfer, regulatory compliance, and what the next five years look like for B2B distribution.

Building startups in frontier markets

What 14 years of building technology companies across Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya has taught me about product-market fit, growth, and survival in markets that don't forgive assumptions.

The African technology ecosystem

An honest assessment of where African tech is going, what the infrastructure gaps are, and why the next decade looks fundamentally different from the last.

Operator playbooks: scaling without shortcuts

Practical frameworks for company-building from someone who has led five companies across e-commerce, classifieds, fintech, and insurtech.

Digital infrastructure for the next billion

The missing financial, insurance, and data infrastructure layers that will determine who participates in the emerging global digital economy.

Past Appearances

2024

DIVE In Festival 2024

Diversity and inclusion in insurance — a global industry gathering.

2023

Insurance Meets Tech

The intersection of insurance distribution and technology in Nigeria.

2023

Norrsken Impact Week '23

Stockholm

Building impactful technology businesses in emerging markets.

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