How Pula wants to insure farmers against bandits

How Pula wants to insure farmers against bandits

Techpoint Africa Podcast

How Pula wants to insure farmers against bandits

Apr 18 2024 | 00:45:31

00:00 / 00:45:31

Hosted By

Chimgozirim Nwokoma

Bolu Abiodun

Show Notes

Our guest on today's podcast is Temitope Adeyemi, CEO and Founder, insurtech startup, Pay-U. He joins us as we discuss:

Pula's $20m raise
Starlink's troubles in Africa
Lessons from building Konga by Sim Shagaya

Link to Insight of the Week: https://intelpoint.co/insights/multichoices-revenue-has-been-growing-at-an-average-of-4/

Download Intelpoint's The Nigerian Insurance Industry report here

Listen to the episode where we first talked about Sim Shagaya's VC foray: https://podcast.techpoint.africa/episodes/tap-218

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Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

03:16 - Pula's $20m raise

27:26 - Starlink's troubles in Africa

35:01 - Lessons from building Konga by Sim Shagaya

Useful links

Kenya’s Pula gets $20 million Series B to offer insurance to 100 million farmers in Africa
Telecom regulator orders Starlink to cut off subscribers in Zimbabwe
Starlink to disconnect subscribers in Ghana, South Africa, Botswana
Inside Sim Shagaya's mission to fund and support resilient African entrepreneurs
Sim Shagaya on lessons learnt building Konga

This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo

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