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

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, Kenya, and Griffin Insurance, a digital vehicle insurance company. Abass founded Lami to increase Africa's low insurance coverage. Abass was formerly a commodity futures trader and sugar trader at a

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in London, England, where she traded on the New York City and London sugar markets. Abass has an MBA from the

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and an undergraduate degree in finance from Bayes Business School.

Honors and awards

In 2020, Abass was picked to represent Africa at InsureTech Connect 2020. In 2021, ''

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'' named her an Africa Innovator.

References

21st-century Kenyan businesswomen 21st-century Kenyan businesspeople Businesspeople in insurance Kenyan company founders Alumni of the University of Oxford Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of City, University of London Kenyan expatriates in the United Kingdom {{Kenya-bio-stub