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Medical underwriter AAR Insurance Kenya has launched a low-priced accident cover those costs as little as 940 shillings per month – AAR Protect. It caters for hospital treatment of up to 10 million shillings locally and abroad, in case of accidental injuries with an accidental death benefit of up to Ksh. 1,000,000.Continue reading→

AAR Insurance has introduced ‘Chanjo’ cover, the first of its kind in the market, catering for medical expenses arising from the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine, with a cover limit of Ksh 500,000 for inpatient treatment.Continue reading→

Meet Jesse Opati, the Country Manager for Tabolec, Labotec’s new East Africa branch located in Nairobi, Kenya. He will be servicing the Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda region with technical and sales support for the Labotec product range.Continue reading→

International Medical Group (IMG) the parent company of International Hospital Kampala (IHK) and International Medical Center (IMC) together with MTN Uganda have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide a digital approach to medical access across the country.Continue reading→

Kwara will provide all residents of access to affordable healthcare services in partnership with CarePay for the universal health coverage.Continue reading→

In 2020 CarePay was selected as one of the pioneering use cases on Europe’s GAIA-X cloud platform and has been listed together with Safaricom in Fortune’s Change the World top 10, along side companies like Zoom and Alibaba.Continue reading→

A look at the 2020 transaction volumes on M-TIBA points to far-reaching changes in the sector. A dramatic fall in transactions in March has been followed by steady increases. By July 2020, digital transaction volumes had reached their highest ever level and the platform will have processed more than KSh2.6 billion in healthcare-related payments in 2020.Continue reading→

As Covid 19 spreads, innovative tools are being used in Kenya, which provide valuable information where health data is lacking such as M-Tiba. It has set up platforms in Nigeria and Tanzania, the company connects more than 4 million customers in Kenya to some 2900 healthcare providers, many of which are in low-income areas.Continue reading→

This partnership will see Britam and Carepay explore new mobile channels for Britam’s fast-growing microinsurance portfolio and the future management of retail and SME health insurance clients. The first offering of this partnership will be a mobile based inpatient health insurance available to over 4 million M-TIBA registered users.Continue reading→

Hospital Holding Limited (HHL), led by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), is set to acquire a 54.23% stake in AAR healthcare in a deal worth KSh 1.5 billion. Other investors in the acquisition are Sweden’s State-owned investment company, Swedfund, and other private entities.Continue reading→