Chief Executive Officer Tom Gitogo told the Business Daily that the company’s vision is in line with Ethopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s efforts to improve Ethopia’s financial services sector that has been under state control for decades. “We are considering Ethiopia, but the financial services liberalisation in that country still has some way to go. We are monitoring it keenly,” he said.

For now, the Ethopian government oversees sectors including telecommunications and financial services, and forbids foreign ownership in the banking, insurance, and financial services sector.  However, since Abiy Ahmed took over as prime minister, Ethiopia has loosened the state’s control over the financial services sector and has introduced incentives such as tax holidays and subsidised loans to investors.

CIC Insurance largely focuses on microinsurance and hopes to become the key player in the sector in Kenya and in the region.  The company has introduced innovations such as M-Bima, a mobile insurance product in Kiswahili, to scale up its microfinance operations.

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