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mohammed_ab

The Complex Insurance Coverage Reporter - September 2020 - The Complex Insurance Covera... - 0 views

  • Over the last decade, there has been a global increase in the focus on climate change and the risks and dangers associated with it. And for good reason. Damage from climate-related disasters was in the billions of dollars in 2019 alone. California wildfires caused $25 billion in property damage, while Typhoon Hagibis in Japan cost an estimated $15 billion. Other extreme weather events, including rampant brush fires in Australia, widespread droughts in East Africa and severe flooding in South Asia, have had devastating consequences.
  • Like Kin, NYC-based WorldCover was created in response to climate-related disasters. It works to provide drought insurance to farmers in Africa. When first launched, WorldCover was available only in Ghana and covered only one crop: maize. Since then, the company has expanded to multiple markets in East and West Africa, covering four categories of crops: cereals, legumes, root vegetables and perennials. WorldCover uses a combination of satellite imagery and on-the-ground sensors to understand local weather patterns in order to create insurance options for farmers facing some of the world’s worst droughts. The company uses its satellites to monitor rainfall patterns and trigger payouts immediately.
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    I think that the testing phase of WorldCover was very smart. World Cover started offering micro-insurance for only one type of crop which is maize. After a great success with this type of crop, the company started to broaden its coverage to other types of crops and to other markets like East and West Africa. The company uses machine learning and satellite imagery to analyze the weather and the land of the farmers which in my opinion helps the company in being very accurate and efficient.
kenzabenessalah

Lumkani: Most Innovative Company | Fast Company - 0 views

  • Lumkani is a tech company and social enterprise that delivers insurance services dedicated to customers who suffered loss of property or life following slum fired in South Africa and beyond. The company got its name from local Xhosa language, “lumkani” meaning “be careful”. Their main product is a small blue box fire alarm that responds to a rise in temperature rather than smoke with the aim of decreasing false alarms. Its associated network alerts houses within a 200 foot radius if the alarm is not shut off within 30 seconds. In 2014, the company reported having distributed 7000 of these devices across slums in South Africa, and 5000 in 2015 to its highest fire risk neighborhood in Cape Town.
    • kenzabenessalah
       
      Lumkani doesn't only alarm people, but it delivers insurances services which I think is essential for people in urban areas to have.
hindelquarrouti

Digital spillovers and SMEs' performance in Sub-Saharan Africa - 1 views

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    Worldcover, a fintech company that focuses on hedging natural risk, is offering blockchain-enabled weather indexed insurances for cultivators in Uganda, Kenya and Ghana.
nouhaila_zaki

AgroCenta: Digital food distribution platform creating shared value for businesses and ... - 0 views

  • This is our financial inclusion platform targeted at smallholder farmers. We make it super easy for institutions to on-lend and disburse funds to a large network of smallholder farmers. We don't just give you access to farmers, we give you access to trustworthy low risk farmers.
    • nouhaila_zaki
       
      This excerpt reflects the financial inclusion concern of AgroCenta. The LendIt platform allows farmers to access to digital payments, micro-lending and crop insurance more easily thanks to it.
  • Farmer Registrations Know where your farmers reside, how much money they've been making in the past, their family sizes, their literacy levels and more. Inventory Management Easily track how many tons of commodities you have available across multiple locations. Quickly know where to concentrate more effort. Logistics & Tracking Which route is the most efficient to use for commodity pickups? How long will it take for customers to receive commodities they ordered?
    • nouhaila_zaki
       
      This excerpt reflects what the Cropchain platform introduced by AgroCenta does for its customers, namely enforcing traceability, transparency and accountability in the agricultural supply chain.
mohammed_ab

Pula Secures Funding from Global Investors to Support Smallholder Farmers in Africa and... - 0 views

  • At Pula, we are radically restructuring agricultural insurance, using technology to insure the previously unbanked, uninsured, untapped market of 1.5 billion smallholders worldwide. We work in nine countries across Africa and Asia, and in 2017 alone, we facilitated crop and livestock insurance cover to 611,000 farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Malawi.
    • nourserghini
       
      Pula serves many African countries such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Nigeria and Malawi.
  • Pula uses satellite data and farm yield measurements to understand how weather patterns affect a smallholder farmer’s yield, and uses this information to automate compensation in case of loss. The company also provides farmers with targeted agronomic advice via SMS messaging, helping them grow more from their existing landholdings.
  • Insurtech startup Pula announced today that it has closed a seed funding round to advance its efforts to provide insurance to smallholder farmers in Africa and South Asia.
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  • This injection of funds will enable Pula to invest further in its technology platform and service offerings.
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    I like the way Pula uses the latest technology in order to understand the weather and the possible problems that farmers might find. This is a very good strategy because farmers feel that Pula is doing its best to deliver the best insurance possible for them.
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    This excerpt shows that Pula has secured new funding to invest more in its technology. This is good news for its customers as they will benefit from better technology and more product offerings.
mohammed_ab

Products and Services - Pula - 0 views

  • We design and deliver best in class agriculture index insurance products to protect farmers
  • Pula handles end to end management of the delivery of insurance to farmers, including field operations, farmer onboarding/education and claims assessment and payouts.
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    Pula products offerings target African farmers who have difficulties paying for expensive insurance. They act as an intermediary between local insurance and global reinsurance companies and farmers to minimize weather risk on their crops.
samielbaqqali

MTN apologises to its customers over new data bundles challenges [ARTICLE] - Pulse Ghana - 3 views

  • Most Ghanaians who use MTN have said that hours after the country’s largest mobile network operator introduced new data packages they were unable to purchase data bundles.
  • MTN Ghana has apologized to its customers who are facing challenges as they try to purchase data bundles.
  • MTN has experienced some challenges on some of our channels post-implementation of the adjustment of prices and our new data bundles.”
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  • MTN Ghana injects $160 million in improving network technology after coming under fire for poor services Most Ghanaians who use MTN have said that hours after the country’s largest mobile network operator introduced new data packages they were unable to purchase data bundles.
  • Some customers of the company complained on social media about the difficulties they are facing in purchasing data packages using their mobile money wallets.
    • samielbaqqali
       
      MTN needs to be aware of issues of this nature. They have to ensure that everything functions well when launching a new package, because when you are the leading company, customers demand the best possible service.
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    MTN needs to be aware of this kind of problems. They've to make sure when launching a new package, everything is working perfectly because when you're the leader company, customers expect the best service possible.
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    MTN made a good move by maintaining its contact with its customers, because after all the challenges and problems in its platform, there is a high risk that it will loose its customers' trust.
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    MTN is the number one telecommunication company in Africa by offering the best service to its customers. Facing such issues could impact customer loyalty and the brand image of the company.
ayachehbouni

Thndr: The Mobile Platform Simplifying the Art of Investing - 0 views

  • An easy-to-use initiator for the uninitiated, the platform is taking every step to break down barriers to a field that is defined by the very outdated notions and systems that Thndr seeks to address – it even offers a simulator for users to play virtual bigshots and hone their nous.
    • ayachehbouni
       
      Thndr's specialty and uniqueness comes from its providing of a service that allows young aspiring investors to learn how to invest without any risk. That service is an investing simulator and with it, a group of confident and knowledgeable investors will see the light in Egypt, a perfect opportunity for the economy.
kenza_abdelhaq

Mpesa Fraud: Conmen pose as Safaricom staff to steal from unsuspecting users - 0 views

  • Despite the fact that the user had not given out any details, he lost all the money on his M-Pesa account.But the telecommunication company told the Star that it has been running a campaign on fraud advising customers that it only calls from the 0722000000 line.A senior officer who sought anonymity said the company has also been advising customers to not give out information to fraudsters.He said anti-fraud campaigns are running on all platforms including television, radio stations and all vernacular stations.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
       
      Anti-fraud campaigns are running in order to raise awareness of the risks related to theft and fraud.
kenza_abdelhaq

How BPC and EthSwitch are interconnecting Ethiopian banks - Intelligent CIO Africa - 2 views

  • EthSwitch has an objective to work as international gateway for all banks. When the project is fully completed, over 50 e-Payment products and services will be supported in EthSwitch covering card delivery channels like ATM, POS, mobile, internet, and voice. EthioPay is the brand given to the National e-Payment Switch of Ethiopia.
    • kenzabenessalah
       
      EthioPay acts as the key model in e-payment switch. This part is essential and crucial at the same time, because a simple, minor detail could create a major problem/risk for the customer or in data privacy.
  • Amongst the future activities is to include mobile as part of the financial inclusion policy. Another active area is the recent launch of the domestic card called EthioPay. Across a national population of 100 million, there are 2.5 million card holders and 40 million mobile users. Sufficient opportunity for Bekele and his team in the time to come.
  • Since May this year the number of inter-bank transactions has been growing. This is expected to increase as the Ethiopian population becomes aware of the interoperability and ease of use of using cards in any bank’s ATM machine. Along the way there have been some transactions declines due to connectivity failures and those limitations are being addressed
    • sawsanenn
       
      This excerpt is important because it shows one of ethiopay's issues. the interconnectivity is very low compared to what they are actually offering ( 100 transactions per second)
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  • List of banks connected to EthioPay National Bank of Ethiopia Abay Bank Addis International Bank Awash International Bank Bank of Abyssinia Berhan International Bank Bunna International Bank Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Cooperative Bank of Oromia Dashen Bank Debub Global Bank Development Bank Enat Bank Lion International Bank Nib International Bank Oromia International Bank United Bank Wegagen Bank Zemen Bank
    • nouhaila_zaki
       
      This excerpt is important because it shows the list of partner banks to Ethiopay. This reflects the scope and influence that Ethiopay has in its home country, but also its close link to the banking sector.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
       
      Ethiopay has a large network of customer, cardholders, mobile users, and bank partners.
  • EthioPay is the brand given to the National e-Payment Switch of Ethiopia.
    • ghtazi
       
      Ethiopay is considered to be the National e-payment Switch in Ethiopia. because of the number of interbank in the market nowadays Ethiopians start to be aware of the ease of using cards.
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    "EthioPay"
mohammed_ab

Don't Fear the Algorithm: The Risks and Benefits Of Machine Learning in Finance - NextB... - 0 views

  • Machine learning is a critical component of this process, as it allows us to enhance our predictive ability to better identify these qualifying customers. As a result, we are making significant strides towards our goal of creating the world’s leanest and lowest-cost banking infrastructure. This helps our bank partners offer loans at the lowest possible rate, and it helps our customers to achieve higher-yield savings. We’ve proven that our model works. Twelve million customers in Africa and Asia have saved or borrowed on the JUMO platform, and roughly 70% of these customers are micro and small businesses. We’re incredibly proud of our progress so far – but we know there’s more we can do.
  • To test our approach, we looked at Ghana, running new and advanced machine learning algorithms on signals associated with a pool of lending applicants. The goal was to identify combinations of signals — from income size and deposit frequency to mobile phone battery life and mobile wallet transaction patterns — that would serve as more accurate indicators of likely fraud than existing models.
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    This article explains how machine learning is used as a tool to identify potential customers for JUMO. It's quite amazing to see that machine learning take into account things like the battery life of your phone, data usage, mobile money transactions as components to make a lending decision
tahaemsd

WorldCover Raises $6 million Fund to Provide Insurance for Smallholder Farmers - Techgi... - 0 views

  • WorldCover has raised a sum of $6 million Series A fund to help support smallholder farmers in emerging countries in Africa. The company reduces the risk of farming for smallholder farmers with the use of satellite imagery, on-ground sensors, mobile phones and data analytics to provide crop insurance protection.
    • tahaemsd
       
      Worldcover raises $6 million fund to provide insurance for smallholder farmers
hibaerrai

Thndr Becomes Egypt's First Mobile Investment App | NileFM | EGYPT'S#1 FOR HIT MUSIC - 0 views

  • Savings and investing is a critical part of building wealth and economic development, and Egypt’s youth needs a mobile-first platform like Thndr to open the floodgates of investing in the coming decades. Platforms like Thndr have seen great success in other markets across the world, and Thndr is built with keen attention to the local nuances and preferences of the Egyptian investor in mind.
    • ayachehbouni
       
      The financial startup allows users to link their Egyptian bank account, and trade, invest, and profit from Egyptian stocks, bonds, and indices. Thndr also allows users a virtual EGP 100,000 to practice investing until they get the hand of stock investment.
  • Egyptian mobile investment app, Thndr has become the first brokerage firm to receive regulatory approval from the Financial Regulatory Association (FRA) in the last 12 years. The financial startup allows users to link their Egyptian bank account, and trade, invest, and profit from Egyptian stocks, bonds, and indices. The decision by FRA to give the startup regulatory approval comes after Egypt reforms its financial regulations on new companies with the recently approved Banking Act passed last month which allows more companies to become involved with financial trading and investment.
    • aminej
       
      THNDR Strategy aims to educate more egyptian people about trading and investing which are very good ways to make money in the short and long run. They also want to facilitate access to financial markets only through your phone for Egyptians who are almost 100m (HUGE CUSTOMER TARGET), Finally they plan to educate their population by teaching them how to invest in stocks, bonds and other securities.
  • Before the passing of the Banking Act in July 2020, the only financial apps available for Egyptians were applications that helped you put aside money for saving. However, that is set to change as companies like Thndr take advantage of the new space given to financial technology companies to allow users to invest in the Egyptian stock exchange from their homes. Stock investment apps have become popular in the last few years as a way to not only save money but to make savings grow over time. While there is always risk involved with stock trading, Thndr hoping to provide users with education on how to invest in order to be more financial secure.
    • hibaerrai
       
      Thndr is one of the first not common investment applications in Egypt. users can now invest in stocks or any other security from their homes and make money from it.
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    Thndr was mainly created for a new wave of customers in order to destroy the barriers and give the chance to all egyptians to open accounts and invest.
kenza_abdelhaq

Robo-Advisors - Business Models and Strategies | ccecosystems.news - 0 views

  • As mentioned in the last article, it is not possible to define exactly what a robo-advisor is, as the individual providers offer a range of services of varying breadth. In fact, robo-advisors have long since ceased to offer mere recommendations or advice, and most providers are steadily expanding their services into a fully integrated solution. Accordingly, people now associate a robo-advisor with a platform that can also be used to make an investment directly (see [Bloch/Vins 2017, 114]). However, this service, for example, is linked to certain regulatory requirements, which are presented below. It should be noted here that this is the regulatory framework in Germany. In terms of regulation, four business models can be distinguished in the area of robo advisory services:
    • kenzabenessalah
       
      Since EasyEquities is about investment, having roboadvisors that provide financial advice would create more value to the company and would target more segments.
  • investment brokerage (german: Anlagenvermittlung),investment advice (Anlagenberatung),acquisition brokerage (Abschlussvermittlung), as well asfinancial portfolio management (Finanzportfolioverwaltung), also known as asset management.
    • nouhaila_zaki
       
      This excerpt summarizes the business models that can be distinguished in the area of Robo-advisory services. The main difference between these business models lies in who is responsible for making the investment decision.
  • Robo-advisors can follow an active or passive investment approach not only in terms of their product range, but also in the composition of the individual products. In active management, for example, the market is constantly monitored and, on the basis of this, the securities that appear to be most advantageous at a given time are included in the portfolio. This targeted approach is described as so-called “stock picking” (see [Müller/Pester 2019, 229f]). Due to market fluctuations, there are thus regular purchases and sales of securities with the aim of achieving a higher return than the passive market. In the course of this, the percentage distribution of the asset classes in the portfolio can also be continuously adjusted and regular risk assessments carried out. As a result, the portfolio may be subject to constant change. The passive management approach is based on the strategy of maintaining the portfolio created at the beginning, including the asset allocation and the defined securities, unchanged and independent of market fluctuations. If a change in asset allocation should occur due to market fluctuations, the original state can be restored through various adjustment methods, also called “rebalancing”. In contrast to active management, this adjustment is not carried out on an ongoing basis, but at predetermined times or according to specific rules. In so-called “periodic rebalancing”, a restoration of the asset allocation is carried out as needed at the time of a previously defined temporal interval change. Another variant of rebalancing provides for an adjustment only if the portfolio value exceeds or falls below a previously defined mark, the threshold
    • nouhaila_zaki
       
      This excerpt distinguishes between Robo-advisors' active investment approach and passive investment approach, based on their product range but also on the composition of the individual products. Understanding the difference between the two approaches would allow us to better formulate strategies that incorporate Robo-advisory in them.
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  • Online asset management has been experiencing a rapid rise in Germany for several years. Since 2017, the number of users has grown by a factor of 7 from around 291,000 in 2017 to around 2.01 million in 2020 (cf. o.V. 2020), while the investment volume has increased more than tenfold from around 756 million euros to 8.068 billion euros (cf. o.V. 2020). Two factors in particular are key to this trend
    • kenza_abdelhaq
       
      robo-advising or online asset management has been growing rapidly during the past years due to loss of trust in personal banking advisors amid the 2007 financial crisis and the new generation that prefers digital interactions.
hibaerrai

Egyptian fintech startup Thndr to open shop after securing brokerage license | AFRICA I... - 0 views

  • We are starting with Egyptian equities, but we intend to quickly introduce alternative investment options to suit different risk/reward and involvement preferences
    • ayachehbouni
       
      Thndr is constantly looking for new ways to improve their services and further reach their goals which are creating a new generation of investors and modernizing the investing process in Egypt.
  • Thndr, an Egypt based startup, is now poised to formally launch operation after securing the first new brokerage license granted in the country in over a decade. The startup closed its pre-seed round last December, with investors including Y-Combinator, 4DX Ventures, Endure Capital, The Raba Partnership, and MSA Capital. The startup has just acquired the necessary licensing from the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), making it the first company to acquire a brokerage license in Egypt since 2008.
    • hibaerrai
       
      Thndr opened shop after getting the brokerage license, and the goal is to solve egypt's old and not efficient processes of investing in bonds and stocks.
mehdi-ezzaoui

Agricultural tech firm pula scoops end of year InsurTech award - Daily Monitor - 1 views

  • The company was recognized for successfully managing over 4.3 million smallholder farmers through their Area Risk Index and yield insurance product. It provides insurance services and digital solutions to farmers in Africa. The company uses the crop cut experiment as a claim assessment procedure. This assessment relies heavily on ground crop cuts and it’s fed on mobile apps which relay instant feedback to clients. 
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    Pula, a Kenyan leading agricultural technology company that develops and provides crops and livestock insurance last Friday scooped the continent's InsurTech company of the year award during the 6th annual African Insurance Awards held in Lagos, Nigeria.
mohammed_ab

Cryptocurrencies in FinTech - Don't Ignore It | Avatrade NG - 0 views

  • A whole range of companies within the banking and FinTech industries are starting to explore ways through which they can take advantage of the electronic ledger technology that powers cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin
  • A whole range of companies within the banking and FinTech industries are starting to explore ways through which they can take advantage of the electronic ledger technology that powers cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. This distributed system stores data chronologically in segments known as “blocks” which allow for the information to be processed and transferred almost instantaneously. Among the benefits of the blockchain technology, that make it so attractive to FinTech companies and other large institutions, is the lowered risk of fraud since the technology is notoriously difficult to hack, its speed and the fact that it eliminates intermediary steps between parties in a transaction.
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    I think that M-Pesa could implement cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Etherum in their service. I think that their customer will quickly shift their usage to cryptocurrencies as they offer higher protection from fraud. It could be life-changing for a mobile payment application like M-Pesa.
nourserghini

US FinTech Will Expand Cryptocurrency Use Case, But Unknowns Remain - 0 views

  • FinTech companies such as PayPal, Visa, Square, Mastercard and others are expanding cryptocurrency (crypto) and blockchain capabilities but several factors could limit widespread acceptance in the near term, says Fitch Ratings. We expect strategic crypto investments to have a limited near-term effect on credit profiles, given modest capital deployed and the long ramp time. However, adding crypto capabilities opens up incremental revenue streams for these companies, even if the return on investment over time and compliance risks are uncertain.
    • nourserghini
       
      Exactly like mobile money started a revolution in the African financial environment since the early 2000s, fintechs have to race for the first place in expanding cryptocurrency and blockchain abilities in the coming years. Especially considering the fact that Africa is already getting more familiar with cryptocurrency services.
mohammed_ab

FinTech Innovation Map Reveals Emerging Technologies - 0 views

  • Big DataIn addition to traditional financial data collection, new data sources such as mobile banking and the Internet of Things (IoT) provide an additional layer of data gathering. Combined with Artificial Intelligence, Big Data analytics utilize large amounts of old and new data to discover hidden patterns for better risk management and fraud detection. New insights from big data improve the understanding of customer behaviors and help banks to create better and more customized products and services.
    • nourserghini
       
      Big data analytics is another technology that fintechs have to consider in oredr to manage the important number of customers and data they have.
  • AI helps banks to analyze their Big Data to improve existing solutions and make better decisions. A more recent AI trend is to use its cognitive abilities to go through a large amount of unstructured text and data to generate more insights and to learn natural language. A more intelligent AI chatbot or virtual assistant can take over repetitive “low-value” operations, such as performing small amount transactions, explaining financial products and providing basic financial advice to customers.
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    Artificial Intelligence is a great technology that fintech like M-Pesa has to consider as it could have a big impact on their operations. It could help the company to deal with and analyze big data and generate insights that might have taken months to discover with traditional approaches.
hibaerrai

How to Use Big Data in FinTech: Use Cases and Strategies | Mobindustry - 0 views

  • According to MarketsandMarkets, the global big data market is currently valued at almost $140 billion. By 2025, it’s expected to grow to $230 billion at a CAGR of 10.6%. This makes FinTech app development a priority for companies that are transforming financial services with big data analytics.FinTech is one of the industries that uses big data extensively due to its complex services, use of IoT technologies, and need for risk analysis and security, which requires fast operations on large amounts of data.Big data developers help FinTechs gather an overwhelming amount of information and derive insights that really matter in the decision-making process.
    • hibaerrai
       
      Big Data strategy will help gather all necessary data to know the customers behaviors and preferences and other criteria for better decision making.
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