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Kenyan insurtech startup Pula raises $6M Series A to derisk smallholder farmers across Africa

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Pula , a Kenyan insurtech startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a Series A investment of $6 million. Agriculture insurance has traditionally relied on farm business. or Europe with typically large farms, an average insurance premium is $1,000.

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What CIOs need to become better enablers of sustainability

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There is a need and realization by the business world to be more environmentally sustainable since organizations are seeing an impact on the bottom line as a direct result of climate change. And if the world’s temperatures rise by or above 1.5 CIOs are in a great position to demonstrate their business acumen,” says Sadler.

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How the C-Suite Can Champion Sustainability Across the Enterprise

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Becoming a sustainable enterprise is no longer a “nice to have” priority – reducing a company’s carbon footprint and fighting climate change is now mainstream. A sustainable model is built on an entrepreneurial approach to collaboration and building together, while making sure that the impact on the ecosystem is reduced steadily. “A

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Google-backed ShareChat cuts 20% workforce to ‘sustain through headwinds’

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ShareChat, the Indian social media startup backed by Twitter, Google, Tiger Global and Temasek, has laid off 20% of its workforce — or over 400 employees — just a month after eliminating more than 100 roles. “Keeping these factors in mind, we need to prepare the company to sustain through these headwinds.

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Exploring the digital impact in Northern Ireland’s health and social care system

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The pandemic accelerated the urgency for reform in health and social care around the world, which strained resources to unprecedented levels. It all reduces the ability to arrive at a budget settlement that shifts resources into the health and social care space. That’s not sustainable for us, as a society.

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This founder raised millions to build Fair, a neobank for immigrants

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Another challenge that I saw is that there were hardly any options for insurance and retirement services for immigrants and low-income people,” Parekh said. In partnership with Avibra, Fair is offering free supplemental life, accident medical and AD&D insurance to all members as part of its banking services.

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Insurance Technologies: 13 Disruptive Ideas to Change Insurance Companies with Telematics, Blockchain, Machine Learning, and APIs

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Have you ever tried to check your insurance claim status? While some insurance carriers have made significant modifications courtesy of disruptive digitalization (we’ve already discussed this topic in our whitepaper), most companies trail behind. Insurants are not satisfied with their service providers.

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