ACRE Africa

Inclusive Fintech 50, Global Competition to Elevate Early-Stage Fintechs Driving Financial Inclusion, Announces Winners MetLife Foundation and Visa, with partners Accion and IFC, launch inaugural list to help fintech companies attract capital and resources to benefit the 3 billion financially underserved people globally Washington, D.C., June 17, 2019 – MetLife Foundation and Visa Inc., with global nonprofit Accion and World Bank Group member IFC, announced the winners of […]

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ACRE Africa’s PBI proposed product will be used to provide monitoring, assessment and quantification of insurance losses during a crop season. The objective of this product is to provide a remote based monitoring and assessment of covers for our yield based insurance products. The concept of picture based index insurance was developed by Dr. Berber […]

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In early 2015, Ms Mwajuma took out a loan from the One ACRE Fund, a local NGO in Tanzania, and purchased several bags of hybrid maize seed. In partnership with One ACRE Fund, ACRE Africa has designed a credit-linked insurance product that allows farmers to access seed on credit early in the season, and pay […]

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Thousands of Kenyan smallholder farmers are set to benefit from a crop insurance scheme that will see them purchase insurance from agro-dealer shops for the first time. ACRE Africa has developed a cover that makes crop insurance a tangible commodity that can be purchased off the shelf. We are calling it “Bima Pima” which loosely […]

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The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation’s (FAO) definition of food security says it is achieved when “all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food, which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. Africa’s food security depends on reliable harvests from […]

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The Finance Innovation for Climate Change Fund, through the Climate Smart Agriculture initiative, targeted  smallholder farmers across different counties to increase their adaptive capacity and resilience in constantly changing weather conditions and climate change impact through agro-weather advisory services.  ACRE Africa was a key partner in disseminating weather information to farmers. In the past, farmers have been […]

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ACRE Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of George Kuria as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 2019. George joins ACRE from Sanlam, where he was Chief Executive Officer of General Insurance. He brings over 18 years’ experience in a range of senior roles in the insurance industry. These include Principal Officer at Kenyan Alliance, […]

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The Microinsurance Network has just released the State of Microinsurance 2017. In this third edition of the journal, the MiN takes a closer look at microinsurance solutions for climate change, focusing on pioneering ideas in the way microinsurance is being designed and offered, and highlighting key lessons learned from a range of different programmes and initiatives. Articles […]

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One of the key questions we encounter in our business is, “If something happens to my cow, will I really get a payout?” Henry Ochula, a farmer from Lukhuna location, Bungoma county had these same questions when he insured his cow. Henry took an insurance cover for his young heifer in October 2016 through Naitiri […]

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