Jihan Abass | |
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Born | 1993 or 1994 (age 30–31) |
Education |
University of Oxford (
MBA) Bayes Business School ( undergraduate degree) |
Known for | Founder and CEO of Lami Insurance Technology and Lami Direct Insurance |
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. [1] [2] [3] Abass founded Lami to increase Africa's low insurance coverage. [4]
Abass was formerly a commodity futures trader and sugar trader at a trading house in London, England, where she traded on the New York City and London sugar markets. [1] [2] [3]
Abass has an MBA from the University of Oxford and an undergraduate degree in finance from Bayes Business School. [2]
In 2020, Abass was picked to represent Africa at InsureTech Connect 2020. [5]
In 2021, Quartz named her an Africa Innovator. [1] [4]
In 2022, Aljazeera Africa Direct covered a documentary about Jihan's Business. [6] In 2022, featured as cover story in Lioness of Africa 2022. [7]