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Kenyan woman, 26, sets up country's first digital car insurance company

Jihan Abass, founder and CEO of Griffin Insurance, speaks during an interview with Reuters as they prepare to release their flagship digital-only car insurance company, in Nairobi, on January 24, 2020. [Reuters]

Jihan Abass, a 26-year-old Kenyan woman, often walks into meetings full of puzzled faces as people crane past her looking for the boss of her new digital motor insurance company.

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