#10 - Innovation Also Comes from the South

13min | 07/29/2026

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Africa is not just a market — it's a laboratory. Abdelaziz Benyahya, Chief Strategy, Operations and Technology Officer at AXA Atlantic Africa, shares how the region delivers in months what takes years elsewhere: a Customer 360 data transformation, an Uber-inspired distribution model bringing insurance to people outside major cities, and a liquid workforce model to unlock African tech talent. Recorded at VivaTech 2026.

With insurance penetration below 1% of GDP in sub-Saharan Africa, discover how digital and AI drive financial inclusion at scale.

👉 Learn more: https://www.axa.com

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About AXA

We always start with our customers. As one of the largest global insurers, our purpose is to act for human progress by protecting what matters.

Protection has always been at the core of our business, helping individuals, businesses and societies to thrive. And AXA has always been a leader, an innovator, an entrepreneurial company, fostering progress in all its dimensions. Our purpose also links back to the Group's roots. From the outset, AXA has been committed to acting as a force for collective good. From solidarity-based actions with AXA Hearts In Action to work on prevention issues with the AXA Research Fund and the fight against climate change, AXA has always been attentive to its social environment and embraced its responsibility as an insurer: responsibility for taking action upstream in order to better understand risks, with one goal in mind: to ensure better protection.

Discover different themes on AXA Podcast!

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About AXA

We always start with our customers. As one of the largest global insurers, our purpose is to act for human progress by protecting what matters.

Protection has always been at the core of our business, helping individuals, businesses and societies to thrive. And AXA has always been a leader, an innovator, an entrepreneurial company, fostering progress in all its dimensions. Our purpose also links back to the Group's roots. From the outset, AXA has been committed to acting as a force for collective good. From solidarity-based actions with AXA Hearts In Action to work on prevention issues with the AXA Research Fund and the fight against climate change, AXA has always been attentive to its social environment and embraced its responsibility as an insurer: responsibility for taking action upstream in order to better understand risks, with one goal in mind: to ensure better protection.

Discover different themes on AXA Podcast!

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Description

Africa is not just a market — it's a laboratory. Abdelaziz Benyahya, Chief Strategy, Operations and Technology Officer at AXA Atlantic Africa, shares how the region delivers in months what takes years elsewhere: a Customer 360 data transformation, an Uber-inspired distribution model bringing insurance to people outside major cities, and a liquid workforce model to unlock African tech talent. Recorded at VivaTech 2026.

With insurance penetration below 1% of GDP in sub-Saharan Africa, discover how digital and AI drive financial inclusion at scale.

👉 Learn more: https://www.axa.com

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About AXA

We always start with our customers. As one of the largest global insurers, our purpose is to act for human progress by protecting what matters.

Protection has always been at the core of our business, helping individuals, businesses and societies to thrive. And AXA has always been a leader, an innovator, an entrepreneurial company, fostering progress in all its dimensions. Our purpose also links back to the Group's roots. From the outset, AXA has been committed to acting as a force for collective good. From solidarity-based actions with AXA Hearts In Action to work on prevention issues with the AXA Research Fund and the fight against climate change, AXA has always been attentive to its social environment and embraced its responsibility as an insurer: responsibility for taking action upstream in order to better understand risks, with one goal in mind: to ensure better protection.

Discover different themes on AXA Podcast!

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About AXA

We always start with our customers. As one of the largest global insurers, our purpose is to act for human progress by protecting what matters.

Protection has always been at the core of our business, helping individuals, businesses and societies to thrive. And AXA has always been a leader, an innovator, an entrepreneurial company, fostering progress in all its dimensions. Our purpose also links back to the Group's roots. From the outset, AXA has been committed to acting as a force for collective good. From solidarity-based actions with AXA Hearts In Action to work on prevention issues with the AXA Research Fund and the fight against climate change, AXA has always been attentive to its social environment and embraced its responsibility as an insurer: responsibility for taking action upstream in order to better understand risks, with one goal in mind: to ensure better protection.

Discover different themes on AXA Podcast!

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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