Simon Schwall

Simon Schwall

Simon Schwall is an entrepreneur and microinsurance expert. Simon acquired a first experience in
the field by working as a consultant (in particular for the GSMA), then as country director for 4 years
at BIMA, which quickly became a leading microinsurance company in emerging markets thanks to
their unique solution based on mobile phone based distribution, with 31 million people insured.
Simon then set up OKO, which offers parametric crop insurance to smallholder farmers in Africa.
OKO is now active in Mali and Uganda and has established major partnerships with Orange and
Allianz. It is ranked among the InclusiveFintech50 and among the 10 most promising start-ups in
Africa by SeedStars.

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  • Organization
    OKO
  • Profession
    CEO and co-founder

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