#39: BIMA (Milvik) - How the HealthTech company is providing insurance & medical services across emerging markets

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Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about BIMA - the HealthTech insurance company. We’ll explore BIMA's story across 6 areas:

African Health care status & context
BIMA Health founding and early history
Fundraising & Growth
Product & monetization strategy
Competitive positioning & potential exit options
Overall outlook.

This episode was recorded on Oct 3, 2021

Companies discussed: BIMA (Milvik), Kinnevik, LeapFrog investments, Allianz X (Allianz Group), Millicom, Digicel, China CreditEase, Jamii, M-Tiba, BlueWave, MicroEnsure & Gates Foundation

Business concepts discussed: HealthTech (Healthcare technology), InsurTech (Insurance Technology), Telco partnership, geographical expansion & Health policy

Conversation highlights:

(00:45) - Why we’re talking about BIMA Health
(05:15) - African Health care context
(05:58) - Insurance context in Africa
(28:58) - Founder background - Gustaf Agartson
(35:40) - Fundraising and early growth
(45:10) - BIMA Health traction- markets, users, etc
(49:50) - Product , go-to-market and monetization strategy
(1:05:38) - Geographical expansion
(1:07:36) - Competition and options for exits, M&A
(1:29:52) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook
(1:37:05) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook
(1:51:04) - Recommendations and small wins

Olumide’s recommendations & small wins:

Recommendation: Vusi Thembekwayo (VT Podcast) episode Wealth & Wande Coal - Ololufe
Small win: Noticed someone cited my MIT thesis on Smartphone Operating systems. Nice
Other content: Life Expectancy stats (World Bank)

Bankole’s recommendations & small wins:

Recommendation: Love Nwantiti by CKay & Everything is a Remix - Drill Sergeant Remix & Business Breakdowns Podcast - Sky Mavis
Small win: Spent last weekend in Atlanta and Memphis visiting friends and family
Other content: Africa Renewal - UN

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