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Turnkey Africa

Can a single pan-African insurance core-system platform become the operating system for every insurer, bancassurer, and pension administrator on the continent?

Founded1999
HQNairobi, Kenya
IndustryVertical SaaS / Insurance
The story

Founded in 1999, Turnkey Africa grew from a Nairobi-based software startup into the leading pan-African insurance core-system vendor, serving over 42 insurance and banking clients across 7 African countries. The company's flagship TurnQuest Insurance Suite covers life, P&C, bancassurance, and brokerage operations. Over the past decade, Turnkey Africa has pivoted from on-premise core insurance software toward a cloud-hosted, API-first digital platform that enables digital payments (via Jenga), open insurance APIs, and AI-driven analytics — positioning itself as the embedded insurance technology backbone for African insurers and bancassurers.

Last 12 months
Product timeline
1999
Turnkey Africa founded in Nairobi, Kenya as a pan-African insurance technology provider.· pivot
2017
Strategic partnership announced with Liberty Holdings to integrate IT infrastructure across multiple African geographies for general insurance operations.· acquisition
2021
Built integration between TurnQuest Portals and Equity Bank's Jenga Payment Gateway to enable digital insurance premium payments across mobile money, wallets, and cards.· banking
2021
Engineering team embraced cloud computing to enable technology modernization for African insurers.· pivot
2022
Published thought leadership on African Insurance APIs, positioning TurnQuest as an open-API insurance platform for third-party integrations.· pivot
The stack
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