Understanding the SHA Health Insurance Transition: What Diaspora Kenyans Need to Know About the New System
Kenya's transition from NHIF to the Social Health Authority represents the most significant change to the national health insurance system in decades. For diaspora Kenyans, understanding how SHA works...
Kenya's Health Insurance Reform: From NHIF to Social Health Insurance Fund and the Quest for Universal Coverage
Kenya's transition from the National Hospital Insurance Fund to the Social Health Insurance Fund represents the most significant reform of the country's health financing system in over five decades. T...
Agricultural Insurance in Kenya: Protecting Smallholder Farmers from Drought, Floods, and Crop Failure
Agricultural insurance represents one of the most important yet underdeveloped tools for protecting Kenya's farmers and pastoralists against the devastating financial impacts of drought, floods, pest ...
Understanding Kenya's Insurance Industry: Regulation, Products, and the Push for Greater Penetration
Kenya's insurance industry plays a vital role in protecting individuals, families, and businesses against financial risks while mobilizing long-term capital for economic development. As the most devel...
Kenya's Insurance Industry: How Regulation, Mobile Insurance, and Micro-Insurance Are Expanding Coverage
Kenya's insurance market, the most developed in East Africa with over 50 licensed companies, has an insurance penetration of just 2.4 percent of GDP, indicating massive untapped potential. This articl...
Health Insurance in Kenya: Comparing SHA, Private Medical Insurance, and Community-Based Health Financing
Health insurance in Kenya is undergoing a fundamental transformation with the transition from NHIF to the Social Health Authority, while private medical insurance and community-based schemes provide a...
Insurance in Kenya: Understanding the Industry, Types of Cover, and Why Most Kenyans Are Still Uninsured
Despite having one of Africa's most developed insurance industries, Kenya has among the lowest insurance penetration rates relative to its economic development level. With over 50 insurance companies ...
The Social Health Authority (SHA) Explained: What Replaced NHIF and What It Means for Every Kenyan
The Social Health Authority (SHA) has replaced the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) as Kenya's primary public health insurance system, marking the most significant reform in healthcare financin...
NHIF to SHA Transition in Kenya 2026: What You Need to Know About the New Health Insurance
Kenya's healthcare system is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades with the transition from the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) to the Social Health Authority (SHA) and the...