Tanzanian micro-health insurance start-up Jamii has secured $up to $1m in a now-closed seed funding round, which will be added to a grant of the same figure from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The money will be used to expand its mobile policy management platform, offering users access to low-cost insurance using quick codes, into Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana. Jamii won the Tanzanian leg of the Seedstars World competition, and its founders will look for 750,000 funding from Swiss backers in the near future.
Tanzanian micro-health insurance start-up Jamii has secured $750,000 in a now-closed seed funding round, which will be added to a grant of the same figure from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The money will be used to expand its mobile policy management platform, offering users access to low-cost insurance using quick codes, into Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana. Jamii won the Tanzanian leg of the Seedstars World competition, and its founders will look for up to $1m funding from Swiss backers in the near future.