InsurTech Business Series
by InsurTech Business Series
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. Share your thoughts in the 2026 State of Insurance Innovation Capability survey via https://bit.ly/SoIICS
Episodes
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Snippet from Driving Change with Pay-As-You-Use Motor Insurance | Temitope Adeyemi
This is a clip from a conversation with Temitope Adeyemi, Co-Founder of Pay-U; an InsurTech from Nigeria driving change in the motor insurance segment by offering insurers opportunity to roll our usage based motor insurance quickly and easily. #InsurTechinAfrica Your voice matters. For our…
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Building the Infrastructure for a Digitally Enabled Insurance Industry | NIA Innovation Lab Panel Session
This robust conversation was held at the inaugural Nigerian Insurers Association Insurance Innovation Lab Demo Day held on the 9th of December, 2025 at Victoria Island, Lagos. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigeria’s insurance industry…
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Innovation with Impact: Inside Britam Connect Inclusive Insurance Revolution
In this exclusive Financial Inclusion Week 2025 feature episode of the IBS Podcast, we sit down with Liza Maru-Chelimo, an actuary and Head of Innovation at Britam Connect, to explore how one of East Africa’s leading insurers is rewriting the rules of inclusion. From her journey as a young…
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Exploring Open Banking & Insurance | IBS Insurance Innovation Roundtable Panel
This bonus episode of the InsurTech Business Series Podcast takes you inside a special session from the IBS Insurance Innovation Roundtable. As Nigeria rolls out Open Banking (August 2025) and NAICOM introduces its InsurTech guideline (August 2025), the conversation around regulation, data, and...
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Redefining Insurtech in Africa: East African Context | 2022 IBS Conference
This was a Keynote Speech by Bente Krogmann CEO of mTek Services, an InsurTech in Kenya driving insurance technology Platform as a Service. This speech was given as part of the 2022 InsurTech Business Series Conference #IBSConference held on the 10th of December, 2025. Your voice matters. For our...
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Insurance Innovation RoundTable Communique
The IBS Insurance Innovation Roundtable has become a convening ground for leaders across Nigeria’s insurance ecosystem—insurers, InsurTechs, regulators, brokers, investors, and enablers—to engage in open, constructive dialogue on the future of insurance. The Roundtable emerged from the need to...
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Bold Bet on Life Insurance in Ghana
In this episode of IBS Podcast, we sit down with Festus William Amoyaw, Co-Founder of FigTech, a rising InsurTech startup out of Ghana that’s taking a bold approach by focusing on life insurance—a space often overlooked. FigTech isn’t following the crowd. Instead of targeting the more popular...
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State of Insurance Innovation in Africa
We’re continuing in the year with an insightful discussion featuring two leading voices in the #InsurTech space speaking on the State of Insurance & Innovation on the African Continent. Rahab Kariuki, Engagement Director at Busara, agronomist, and seasoned insurance professional with over a…
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Quickfire: State of #InsurTechinAfrica
Quickfire Questions for Rahab Kariuki & Dr. Ikpeme Neto AI, big data, blockchain, super apps—hype or reality? Let’s say you had a magic wand and could instantly fix one thing in Africa’s insurance industry—what would it be? Which African country will lead in insurance innovation by 2030? The most...
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Breaking Barriers to Insurance Adoption in Nigeria
On this episode Folumy had the pleasure of chatting with the new General Manager, aYo Nigeria Nkiruka Okere on her career and journey into insurance, her mission for aYo in Nigeria and the interesting dynamics of their strategic partnership with Sanlam and MTN Nigeria. Nkiru describes herself as…
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Cube Cover: Expanding Insurance Access via Mobile Platforms
Cube Cover recently held its launch event and hosted a timely discussion on insurance accessibility, challenges, lessons, opportunities and what the future holds. In this episode, Deji Macaulay CoFounder/CEO of Cube Cover sat alongside A’isha Mumuni, Chief Digital Officer at MTN Nigeria, Jumoke...
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Driving Change with Pay-As-You-Use Motor Insurance
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...
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Embedded Insurance: Solving for the African Market
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...
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IBS Podcast Season Two Trailer
We are gearing up for fresh conversations in season two of InsurTech Business Series Podcast. Subscribe now and join our community Your voice matters. For our Nigerian listeners, take this State of Insurance Innovation Capability survey NOW! Check out our free resources on InsurTech ecosystem and...
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IBS Conference 2020 Panel Session: Reimagining Insurance Distribution and Customer Experience
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...
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Building the Infrastructure for the Future of Insurance (Part 2)
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…
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Building the Infrastructure for the Future of Insurance (Part 1)
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…
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IBS Conference 2020 Panel Session: InsurTech & FinTech: Partnership for Inclusive Insurance
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…
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IBS Conference 2020 Fireside Chat: Innovation & Partnerships for Sustainable Insurance
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...
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IBS Conference 2020 Panel Session: Simplifying Insurance for the Emerging Market
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-...
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Transforming the Insurance Landscape in Southern Africa
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...
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Exploring the Asian InsurTech Landscape
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...
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Unlocking the Future of Health Insurance
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...
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Fueling Insurance Innovation in New Markets (2)
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...
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Fueling Insurance Innovation in New Markets (1)
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...
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Closing the Protection Gap in Africa with Microinsurance & Innovation
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...
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Delivering on Mass Market Insurance in Africa
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...
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Insurance Innovation Trends and Opportunities for Incumbents & Startups
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. Your voice matters. For our Nigerian…
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Financial Inclusion & Micro Pensions
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...
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Women in Insurance: Untapped Value for the African Industry
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...
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Unconventional Insurance in an Emerging Market
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…
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Enabling Disruptive Growth via Tech & Innovation
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...
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Backing the Innovation Disrupting Insurance
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...
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Redefining Insurance Access and Customer Experience
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…
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FSD Africa: Fostering Innovation in the African Insurance Industry
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.…
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Accessing Capital as an InsurTech in Africa
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…
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Uncovering the Value Tech & Innovation brings to Insurance in Nigeria
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…
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Online market places & Insurance: A Glimpse at the Present and Future
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...
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A Pineapple Approach to Improving Insurance Experience
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...
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Innovative Models, Tech that can Improve the Insurance Market in Africa
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...
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Bonus: Promoting access to Quality Healthcare & Insurance with Recyclables
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…
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Successfully Insuring Africa's Underserved Population
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…
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Welcome to IBS Podcast
Your voice matters. For our Nigerian listeners, take this State of Insurance Innovation Capability survey NOW! Check out our free resources on InsurTech ecosystem and innovation in the African Insurance space here https://linktr.ee/insurtechbusinessseries Join our IBS community on LinkedIn,...
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How OKO is Reshaping Agribusiness in Africa with Parametric Insurance
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...
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Scaling Microinsurance in Africa: Models that Work
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...
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Bonus: Potential for Embedded Insurance in Nigeria with Milad Saleh
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. Your voice matters. For our Nigerian listeners, take this...
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Understanding the opportunities Blockchain Technology brings to Insurance & Trade in Africa
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...
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How the IRA in Kenya Builds an Ecosystem for Insurance & Insurtech
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...
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Insurance for the Emerging Gig Economy
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...
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Reimagining Insurance for Emerging Customers in East Africa
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 &...
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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.
Share your thoughts in the 2026 State of Insurance Innovation Capability survey via https://bit.ly/SoIICS
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