The problem
Less than 30 per cent of people in Tanzania currently have access to health insurance. The remaining 35 million, who often work in the informal economy, must pay for health services every time they need them. Due to high administration costs, large insurance companies rarely serve small enterprises or Tanzanians making less than $100 a month.
The company
Jamii is a mobile management platform for health insurance policies that perform the administrative functions of an insurer while providing access to low-cost microhealth insurance policies for MSMEs. The policies are ordered and paid for on mobile phones via USSD and mobile money in partnership with Vodacom Tanzania.
Project description
Jamii received a grant from the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund in February 2018 to increase the adoption of microhealth insurance service by MSMEs in Tanzania by facilitating mobile-only onboarding of users.
Impact
As of October 2018, over 8,000 people have been covered by health insurance offered through Jamii.
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