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.https://www.africatechsummit.com/kigali/cth_speaker/jihan-abass/ Abass founded Lami to increase Africa's low insurance coverage.
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.https://www.africatechsummit.com/kigali/cth_speaker/jihan-abass/
Abass has an MBA from the University of Oxford and an undergraduate degree in finance from Bayes Business School.https://www.africatechsummit.com/kigali/cth_speaker/jihan-abass/
Honors and awards In 2020, Abass was picked to represent Africa at InsureTech Connect 2020.
In 2021, Quartz named her an Africa Innovator.
In 2022, Aljazeera Africa Direct covered a documentary about Jihan's Business. In 2022, featured as cover story in Lioness of Africa 2022.
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