Our products are designed to have a positive impact on the lives of our customers. They offer security and peace of mind to those in financial situations where that was previously not available. We have helped them get their lives back on track quickly after unfortunate incidents. These are some of the stories of the positive impact that Alpha Direct’s products have had.
These unique, first-in-the-world packaged insurance products answer a huge pain point in the African market. They offer easy to understand policies that are tangible and provide instant protection through a wide network of purchase pointsthrough distribution partners. This allows a previously uninsured person to purchase and pay for simple insurance cover immediately, so that they walk out the door with the security of being covered.
ExploreFinancial flexibility is crucial to Africa’s rising middle-class. Often, they must make difficult choices about where their hard-earned money goes from month to month. Our usage-based products provide them this flexibility. Through strategic partnerships with leading telcos, we will provide a suite of IoT enabled, pay-as-you-go protection that offers people feasible options when it comes to matters of choice.
ExploreAlpha Direct’s proprietary Graphite® platform that leverages cutting-edge web & mobile technologies, with online registration, including AI-enabled chatbots, to deliver a seamless, fully-digital insurance experience to a marketplace that requires people to always be on the move. They may not have the time to stop and go to an office to get insurance, so our technology meets them where they already are in their daily lives and offers them fast, convenient and customizable products they can purchase through a variety of digital media.
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Grant Thornton’s Private Business Growth Awards are an annual platform that celebrates and awards privately-held businesses that approach growth with a holistic strategy - with an emphasis on home-grown businesses that are leveraging Botswana as an anchor to expand into the rest of southern Africa.
Presented in association with Business Botswana and the Botswana Investment and Trade Center (BITC), the PBGA is one of the most prestigious and coveted business awards in Botswana.
Alpha Direct was the overall winner in the 2019 Grant Thornton Private Business Growth Awards under the medium enterprise category.
The African Insurance Awards are an annual group of awards handed out by The African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re). The objective of the awards is to reward and celebrate the best insurance companies from around the continent for good corporate management, excellent leadership and brilliant innovation within the African insurance industry.
Alpha Direct was proud and excited to receive the award for Innovation of the Year in 2020 for our groundbreaking "Insurance-in-a-box" product. This product - sold through retail partners, and using technology, provides an easy and tangible pathway to insurance for the previously uninsured.
Alpha Direct Insurance In Box
Insurance In a Box Customer Journey
Alpha Direct - IoT Driven Insurance
Pure Digital Technical Overview
Pure Digital Customer Journey
Alpha Direct Impact - Story of Kagiso
Mythri was part of the senior leadership team that grew Letshego, a BSE-listed micro-finance group that is the most successful financial services business to launch into Africa from Botswana. During Mythri’s time at Letshego, the business grew from a one country operation in Botswana to a pan-African 11 country operation with banking licenses in 2 African countries. Mythri is a Chartered Accountant and formerly with KPMG.
Shwetank is the co-founder of Leo Capital, a venture capital fund that is backed by institutional investors from Singapore and Silicon Valley, and has investments in several Insurtech companies. Shwetank is also a globally recognized authority and speaker on Insurtech. Prior to founding Leo Capital, Shwetank served as the Head of Innovation for MetLife Asia. Shwetank is a Chartered Accountant by training.
Zachariah George is the Managing Partner at Launch Africa Ventures – Africa’s leading Seed Venture Capital fund. He is also the Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Startupbootcamp AfriTech – the leading multi-corporate backed venture accelerator program in Africa. Since 2014, Zach has been one of the most active Angel investors in Africa’s leading early-stage tech startups.
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Alpha Direct Insurance Company (Pty) Ltd. is a leading insurance underwriter in Botswana. The subsidiary has rapidly advanced to become the country’s 5 th largest underwriter. Here’s a snapshot of how we’re doing:
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