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| 07.12.2023 | Kenyan insurtech Lami’s bid to acquire Bluewave collapses | Kenyan insurtech Lami Technologies in February last year announced its acquisition of Bluewave, another startup within the insurance space, to expand its product offerings and enable it to scale into new markets in Africa — but it has now e... |
| 17.11.2022 | Ten female tech founders in East Africa worth celebrating | More women, especially in East Africa, are making a significant impact in Africa, despite the limited access to global opportunities. The continent has the highest percentage of female entrepreneurs globally. This number has been attributed... |
| 05.08.2022 | Lami Technologies raises $3.7M for African expansion | Kenya-based insurance technology startup, Lami Technologies has raised a US$ 3.7m seed extension to expand its insurtech product across Africa.
The extension was led by Harlem Capital, an early-stage venture firm that invests in seed-stage ... |
| 03.08.2022 | How insurtech startup Lami raised $3.7 million to make insurance accessible to Africans | Lami, an insuretech startup, hopes to become the premier company powering insurance adoption across Africa by 2030, according to Jihan Abass, Lami’s founder and CEO. The UK-based Kenyan national was visiting her home country when she had th... |
| 02.08.2022 | Kenyan insurtech Lami raises $3.7M seed extension led by Harlem Capital | Right from the launch of its first product in 2020, Kenyan insurtech Lami Technologies set out to increase insurance penetration in Kenya and the rest of Africa. They began on this path by building and distributing an end-to-end digital ins... |
| 02.08.2022 | Kenya’s insurtech startup, Lami Technologies, raises an extra $3.7m seed round to expand its insurance product offerings | Lami Technologies, a Kenyan insurtech startup, has raised a $3.7 million seed round extension following a $1.8 million seed in May 2021. The funds will be used to expand the company's product offerings. |
| 02.08.2022 | Kenyan Insurtech Lami Raises $3.7m Seed Extension Led By Harlem Capital | Right from the launch of its first product in 2020, Kenyan insurtech Lami Technologies set out to increase insurance penetration in Kenya and the rest of Africa. It began on this path by building and distributing an end-to-end digital insur... |
| 15.03.2022 | 6 African women CEOs discuss how they raised more than $1M in 2021 | Women-founded companies in the U.S. raised more money from venture capitalists in 2021 than ever. Reports indicate they secured 83% more funding than the previous year, primarily attributed to the record-setting $329 billion U.S. startups r... |
| 08.03.2022 | Lami Technologies, a Kenyan insurtech startup, raises US$3.7 million in seed funding | Lami Technologies, an insurtech startup based in Kenya, has successfully raised 3.7 million dollars in seed funding in order to extend its insurtech offering across Africa.
Early-stage venture firm Harlem Capital took the lead on the extens... |
| 01.03.2022 | ‘African founders, African VCs, solving African problems’: Marketforce CEO on $40m Series A | Africa’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market has grown exponentially in recent years, thanks to the continent’s rapidly-growing population and spending power.
With its most recent fundraise, Kenyan B2B player Marketforce has cemented i... |
| 05.02.2022 | Future Africa made 43 investments in 2021 to bring its AUM to $30 M | In 2021, Andela and Flutterwave co-founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji founded the Future Africa fund, which invested $4.3 million in 43 startups, bringing its total assets under management (AUM) to $30 million.
The team’s first goal was to create an... |
| 03.02.2022 | Lami acquires Bluewave to bridge Africa’s insurance gap | Lami, Kenya’s insurance technology company, has acquired Bluewave Insurance Agency, a Kenyan-based insurtech startup that leverages mobile technology to reach the underserved population tapping into Africa’s insurance gap.
Lami has a missio... |
| 03.02.2022 | Lami acquires Bluewave to bridge Africa’s insurance gap | Lami, Kenya’s insurance technology company, has acquired Bluewave Insurance Agency, a Kenyan-based insurtech startup that leverages mobile technology to reach the underserved population tapping into Africa’s insurance gap.
Lami has a missi... |
| 02.02.2022 | Kenyan insurtech startup Lami enters Malawi, DRC after acquiring Bluewave, eyes rest of Africa | Kenyan insurtech startup Lami Technologies has acquired Bluewave Insurance Agency for an undisclosed amount as it seeks to make insurance covers accessible to more people across Africa.
Bluewave insurance, also a Kenyan startup, was founded... |
| 15.10.2021 | As African Venture Capital Booms, Are Female Founders Losing Out? | A former sugar trader in the City of London, Jihan Abass knows the sweet taste of success. One particular moment to savor for the 27-year old entrepreneur came in May 2021, when her Nairobi-based insurance tech startup, Lami, raised its fir... |
| 23.09.2021 | Lami Technologies and Sendy announce new partnership in Kenya | Share this:
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| 18.05.2021 | Future Africa has reportedly invested $3 million in African startups in 2021 | Share this article:
Africa-focused venture capital firm, Future Africa, has revealed via a statement on its website that so far in 2021, it has invested $3 million — more than double its total investments in 2020 — in 13 startups.
In a Janu... |
| 06.05.2021 | Lami Technologies has raised $1.8 million in seed funding to help the digital insurance industry in Africa expand faster | Lami Technologies, a Kenyan insurance technology (insurtech) startup, has raised $1.8 million in seed funding to help low-income Kenyans gain access to insurance products and services.
Accion Venture Lab’s seed-stage investment fund, which ... |
| 05.05.2021 | Kenyan Insurtech Lami raises $1.8 million seed funding | Lami, a Kenyan insurtech company democratizing insurance products and services for low-income Kenyans, has raised $1.8 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Accion Venture Lab.
Founded by Jihan Abass in 2018, Lami is a digit... |
| 05.05.2021 | Kenyan insurtech startup, Lami, raises $1.8m seed to grow African API insurance platforms | Share this article:
Kenyan insurtech, Lami Technologies, has raised $1.8 million seed to provide custom-made and affordable insurance products to the average African consumer.
Accion Venture Lab, a seed-stage investment firm that endorses f... |
| 05.05.2021 | Kenyan insurtech startup secures $1.8-million | Nairobi-based insurtech startup Lami Technologies has secured $1.8-million in a seed funding round led by Accion Venture Lab with participation from AAIC, Consonance, P1 Ventures, Acuity Ventures, The Continent Venture Partners, and Future ... |
| 05.05.2021 | Insurtech Lami closes $1.8M seed funding to accelerate growth of digital insurance across Africa | Share this:
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| 05.05.2021 | Kenyan insurtech startup secures $1.8-million | Nairobi-based insurtech startup Lami Technologies has secured $1.8-million in a seed funding round led by Accion Venture Lab with participation from AAIC, Consonance, P1 Ventures, Acuity Ventures, The Continent Venture Partners, and Future ... |
| 04.05.2021 | Kenya’s Lami raises $1.8M to scale API insurance platform across Africa | Africa’s insurance market stands at a 3% penetration rate, per a McKinsey study in 2018 comparing six insurance regions on the continent. If the South African market is excluded, this number drops to a measly 1.12%.
Unlike other parts of th... |
| 29.01.2021 | For Catalyst Fund accelerator, six African fintech startups have been selected. | Six African fintech startups have been selected to participate in a prestigious Catalyst Fund-facilitated accelerator program.
The 8th cohort for its Inclusive Fintech Program was announced today by Catalyst Fund, a global accelerator opera... |
| 28.01.2021 | Catalyst Fund announces eighth fintech cohort | Six African fintech startups have been selected to participate in a prestigious accelerator programme facilitated by the Catalyst Fund.
Six African fintech startups have been selected for Catalyst Fund accelerator
The selected six African f... |
| 28.01.2021 | Catalyst Fund announces eighth fintech cohort | Six African fintech startups have been selected to participate in a prestigious accelerator programme facilitated by the Catalyst Fund.
Six African fintech startups have been selected for Catalyst Fund accelerator
The selected six African... |
| 30.11.2020 | Embedded Inclusive Fintech | The platform and “as a service” startups that are leading the next phase of fintech have to ensure their financial services offerings are embedded but also responsible. |
| - | Lami Technologies has raised $1.8 million in seed funding to help the digital insurance industry in Africa expand faster | Lami Technologies, a Kenyan insurance technology (insurtech) startup, has raised $1.8 million in seed funding to help low-income Kenyans gain access to insurance products and services.
Accion Venture Lab’s seed-stage investment fund, which ... |
| - | For Catalyst Fund accelerator, six African fintech startups have been selected. | Six African fintech startups have been selected to participate in a prestigious Catalyst Fund-facilitated accelerator program.
The 8th cohort for its Inclusive Fintech Program was announced today by Catalyst Fund, a global accelerator opera... |
| - | Lami Technologies, a Kenyan insurtech startup, raises US$3.7 million in seed funding | Lami Technologies, an insurtech startup based in Kenya, has successfully raised 3.7 million dollars in seed funding in order to extend its insurtech offering across Africa.
Early-stage venture firm Harlem Capital took the lead on the extens... |
