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F-Squared PodcastFrom Car Wash to Exit: How Bente Krogman Built mTek (Acquired by Bolttech)Insurance penetration in Kenya has hovered at 2% for decades. Why? Because the industry tries to sell annual policies to people who earn daily wages. It’s a relevance problem, not a demand problem.Bente Krogman didn't start in fintech. She grew up in a German village of 300 people, managed mosquito net logistics in Tanzania, and launched a car wash in Nairobi. That grit led her to found M-Tek, an Insurtech that pivoted from a B2C marketplace to a B2B2C orchestration platform. In 2026, M-Tek was acquired by global Insurtech unicorn Bolttech, a rare and significant ex...
2026-01-221h 15
InsurTech Business SeriesRedefining Insurtech in Africa: East African Context | 2022 IBS ConferenceThis was a Keynote Speech by Bente Krogmann CEO of mTek Services, an InsurTech in Kenya driving insurance technology Platform as a Service.This speech was given as part of the 2022 InsurTech Business Series Conference #IBSConference held on the 10th of December, 2025.Hello Damola & Folumy here! Send us a quick text, comment or feedback. We would love to hear from you Check out our free resources on InsurTech ecosystem and innovation in the African Insurance space here https://linktr.ee/insurtechbusinessseriesJoin our IBS community on ...
2025-09-2527 min
InsurTech Business SeriesEmbedded Insurance: Solving for the African MarketWelcome to Season Two!On the first episode of this new season we host a conversation with Jeremy Leach who is the Founder & Executive Director of Inclusivity Solutions; a leading #InsurTechinAfrica focused on micro and embedded insurance offerings to African customers.Join us to learn about Jeremy's journey into insurance and the evolution of Inclusivity over the years. This work also saw them win the Fintech & E-Commerce Award at Viva Tech Africa Tech Awards 2024.Since this episode was dropped, Inclusivity has announced that they have served over 3 million customers a...
2024-09-1226 min
Pure Digital Passion with Moses KemibaroEpisode 103 - Enhancing Customer Experience, Operations & Claims Processing For Insurance In Kenya With AI & ML.I had the pleasure of moderating a panel discussion titled “Revolutionizing Insurance with AI and ML: Practical Pathways for Product and Operational Excellence.” on the 9th May 2024 at the joint Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI) and Caava VantagePoint AI/ML Insurance Seminar that was held at the Emara Ole-Sereni Hotel in Nairobi.
The panel featured industry experts from leading companies who shared their insights and experiences on how AI and ML are transforming the insurance landscape. Our panel featured Hillary Murefu from Safaricom, Bente Krogmann from MTek Services, Harrison Muiru from Smart Application, and Martin Kiarie from SolvI...
2024-05-2637 min
InsurTech Business SeriesEnabling Disruptive Growth via Tech & InnovationWe sat with one of the women disrupting insurance as we know it in Africa for an exclusive chat; talking about the opportunities in the space, her journey into innovating for insurance and what the future holds for mTek an InsurTech based in Kenya. Bente Krogmann is CEO of mTek Services is a "digital online insurance platform that provides an entirely paperless ecosystem for the insurance industry." mTek recently announced funding of $3m which Bente explains in the episode is mainly going into their expansion plans to other East African countries. Hello Dam...
2022-10-1054 min
EINFACH AUSSTEIGEN – Der Auswanderer PodcastAuswandern nach Kenia: Von der Studentin zur Multi-UnternehmerinBente Krogmann und ihre Auswanderung
🌍 Euer Wunsch sei mir Befehl! Ich habe vor einiger Zeit gefragt zu welchen Ländern ich noch eine Folge machen soll und relativ häufig wurden Länder auf dem Afrikanischen Kontinent genannt. Deshalb freue mich heute sehr über einen Gast aus Kenia. ☀️
🇰🇪 Das Land liegt im Osten Afrikas und grenzt an den Indischen Ozean. Kenia liegt auf dem Äquator, daher ist das Klima, vor allem in den Tiefebenen und entlang der Küste, heiß und feucht. Ca. 51 Millionen Menschen leben dort und knapp 4,5 Millionen davon in der Hauptstadt Nairobi, da wo auch mein heutiger G...
2022-09-0738 min
Voice of FinTech®Smarter insurance from Kenya with mTek Services's CEO, Bente KrogmannBente Krogmann, CEO of mTek Services, based in Nairobi, Kenya, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about disrupting the insurance industry in Africa with her insurance brokerage platform. Here is what they talked about:Bente – what’s your background? How did you get to what you do today in Kenya? Why become an entrepreneur?What is mTek? What is the problem you are solving?What’s different between mTek and other InsurTech platforms in Africa?How did you get going and acquire the first customers when you first started?What’s your techn...
2022-08-0934 min