Turaco CEO Ted Pantone on disrupting insurance and surviving Kenya's startup crunch

Turaco CEO and co-founder Ted Pantone.

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At just seven years old, insurance technology firm Turaco is already beating the odds. With many Kenyan startups folding due to capital constraints and a difficult economic environment, the company has stayed afloat and scaled operations across four African markets.

CEO and co-founder Ted Pantone talks to us on how the company navigated funding headwinds, its strategy for reaching millions of low-income customers, and why throwing out the traditional insurance playbook was key to its growth.

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