Insurance
4 min read10 September 2026Insurance as a Shield Against Poverty
Poverty is usually a shock away. Insurance is the cheapest way to stop a bad month from becoming a lost decade, for a US family and a Nigerian farmer alike
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Insurance
4 min read20 August 2026What's Actually Trending in African Insurtech
Notes from the insurtech panel at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi — separating the trends that move penetration from the ones that just look good on stage.
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7 min read15 August 2026The AI I built doesn't forget, and it doesn't work alone
Giving AI memory and specialists is the leap from smart assistant to something closer to an organization
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3 min read8 August 2026Embedded Insurance Is Quiet Infrastructure
Embedded insurance works best when it feels like a natural part of the product: timely, understandable cover backed by claims that actually work
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5 min read10 November 2025Why Insurance Is the Hardest Sell in Africa
Insurtech in Africa isn't fighting user inertia — it's competing with faith. Why the real rival is the church, and what that means for how you sell cover
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5 min read2 September 2025Every Banking App Needs Embedded Insurance
Banks and fintechs already own the two things insurance lacks in Africa: distribution and trust. Why embedded cover is the natural next layer of every app
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5 min read18 June 2025Speed Is the Product
In a low-trust market, nothing sells insurance like paying a claim fast. Why claims speed — not marketing spend — is the real growth engine for insurtech
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5 min read17 June 2020Make Nigeria Great Again
An honest, data-driven look at why Nigeria has underperformed its peers for a decade — and the institutional reforms that could reverse it
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