Jihan Abass

Jihan Abass (born 1993/1994) is a Kenyan entrepreneur and businesswoman who is the founder and CEO of Lami Insurance Technology, an insurance technology company based in Nairobi, Kenya, and Lami Direct Insurance (a digital vehicle insurance company).

Quotes

• Lami is pioneering innovation in the insurance sector, and we are glad to have secured the right partners to help drive insurance uptake across Africa. We are looking to make insurance easily accessible to everyone on the continent, and we will continually be unveiling more products that confirm this resolve.
  • "How insurtech startup Lami raised $3.7 million to make insurance accessible to Africans",

Techcabal (August 3, 2022)

• “My perspective on life and the impact I wanted my life to have on the world. I worked in a job where making money was the dominant motivation. For me, that didn’t seem like enough, and it’s also not what I wanted to stand for as a human being. [1]

• “A lot of the time, people are relying on single sources of income, but they’re not insuring those sources of income so, if one thing goes wrong, they lose everything,”[2]
• “A lot of the time, people are relying on single sources of income, but they’re not insuring those sources of income so, if one thing goes wrong, they lose everything,”[3]
• “How can we get insurance to as many people as possible, in the simplest and the easiest way? That’s the main vision for us—is really to create accessibility.”[4]

Abass's work has been recognized for addressing critical gaps in insurance accessibility across Africa. By leveraging technology. She has simplified the process of obtaining insurance making it more inclusive for underserved populations. Her efforts are particularly significant in regions where insurance penetration is traditionally low.