Jihan Abass
Jihan Abass | |
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| Born | 1993/1994 Kenya |
| Occupation(s) | Business leader, entrepreneur |
| Known for | Founder and CEO of Lami Insurance Technology |
Jihan Abass (born 1993/1994) is a Kenyan business leader and entrepreneur, serving as the founder and CEO of Lami Insurance Technology, an insurtech company based in Nairobi, Kenya. She also leads Lami Direct Insurance, a platform specializing in digital vehicle insurance. Abass launched Lami with the goal of improving insurance accessibility across the African continent.
Before founding Lami, she gained experience as a commodity futures and sugar trader in London, actively participating in sugar markets in both New York and London.
Abass earned her MBA from the University of Oxford and holds a bachelor's degree in finance from Bayes Business School.
Honors and awards
In 2020, Abass was selected to represent Africa at the InsureTech Connect conference.
The following year, she was acknowledged as an Africa Innovator by Quartz.
In 2022, her entrepreneurial journey was highlighted in an Aljazeera Africa Direct documentary, and she appeared as the featured profile on the cover of Lioness of Africa.