AWA Africa

AssurTech that digitalizes insurance operations for carriers, brokers, and distributors across West Africa

Distribution & Sales Startup

Overview

AWA Africa is a Dakar, Sénégal-based insurance technology provider building digital distribution, brokerage, and claims platforms for carriers, brokers, and distributors across Francophone West Africa. The company positions itself as a technical partner for the digitalization of insurance processes, combining custom software development with consulting and systems-integration services.

The product suite spans the insurance value chain rather than a single point solution: distribution and resale, brokerage operations, claims handling, health insurance administration, mobile underwriting, and payments. Several products integrate with West African mobile-money rails (Wave, Orange Money) and WhatsApp, reflecting a mobile-first approach suited to the regional market. ScanPay Assurances, a document-scan mobile underwriting product, lets a customer purchase a policy in roughly three minutes by scanning identification and vehicle documents.

The company is early-stage, with a small named engineering team and an insurance-side lead listed on its site; no external funding, investor, or employee-count disclosures were found. Product testimonials on the site come from individual insurance brokers rather than named corporate customers.

Products & Services

AWA Assurance Distribution

Platform enabling distributors to resell insurance products, with dematerialized contracts and fully online subscription flows.

AWA Assurance Santé

Multi-interface health insurance platform serving providers, insurers, and HR/client users, including a WhatsApp-based portal for policyholders.

AWA Assurance Sinistres

Claims management platform with automated workflows and real-time claim tracking.

AWA Courtage

Brokerage management platform covering client creation, rate comparison, and automated client follow-up for insurance brokers.

AWA Paiement

Payment management tool for insurance transactions; described on the company site as still in development.

ScanPay Assurances

Mobile underwriting product that lets a customer purchase an insurance policy in roughly three minutes via document scanning of identification and vehicle documents.

AWA Connect

WhatsApp-based campaign and data-collection tool used for customer engagement and lead and data gathering.

At a Glance

Headquarters: Dakar, Sénégal
Employees: 1-10

Category & Focus

Category: Distribution & Sales
Subcategories: Digital distribution platforms Brokerage management Mobile underwriting Claims management Health insurance administration
Insurance Verticals: P&C Personal Health
Target Customers: Carriers, Brokers, Agents/Agencies, Consumers