Pre-launch — Modela is preparing to serve its first farmers. Not yet open for cover.
For ministries, county governments and development finance partners

Modela for Government & DFIs

A purpose-built distribution and servicing layer for Kenya’s national agricultural insurance programmes. We help government and development partners reach smallholders and pastoralists through channels that already have their trust.

National alignment

Designed around NASIP priorities

The National Agri-food Systems Investment Plan identifies agricultural resilience and private-sector participation as priorities. Modela proposes a last-mile model using SACCOs, cooperatives, agro-dealers and pastoralist networks; participation in any public programme requires formal approval.

For county governments

Insurance uptake data for your resilience plan and CIDP

County resilience planning benefits from reliable evidence on agricultural insurance reach and retention. The Modela prototype demonstrates how consented, county-disaggregated coverage and persistency data could strengthen programme and CIDP reporting after approval and integration.

  • County-level enrolment and renewal dashboards by partner cohort
  • Geo-tagged farmer data with consent audit trails
  • Programme-ready reporting for resilience plans and conditional grants

47 county doors, one data standard

Modela maps coverage the same way in every county: by partner, by ward, by product. That lets county governments compare uptake, identify gaps and report progress without building a new system.

Programme distribution

A proposed servicing layer for KLIP · KAIP · DRIVE

KLIP

Kenya Livestock Insurance Programme

KLIP provides pasture-index protection for pastoralists in ASAL counties. Subject to appointment and approval, Modela could support beneficiary engagement, contribution collection orchestration, coverage confirmation and payout servicing through trusted groups.

KAIP

Kenya Agriculture Insurance Programme

KAIP supports crop smallholders through approved agricultural insurance arrangements. The proposed Modela layer would use agro-dealers, cooperatives and SACCOs to support enrolment, payment reconciliation and ongoing servicing where authorised.

DRIVE

Disaster Risk Financing for livestock

DRIVE supports drought-risk financing and pastoral value chains. Modela proposes consent, beneficiary-service and operational evidence tools that could connect to approved payment and programme systems; Modela is not currently an appointed DRIVE provider.

Regulatory status

Honest-first intermediation, transparent governance

Modela is progressing an IRA intermediary licence and does not claim licensed status until a licence is issued. The proposed operating model places insurance risk with regulated underwriters and requires approved client-money, settlement, basis-risk and complaints controls before production use.

  • Risk sits with licensed Kenyan insurers; Modela does not underwrite.
  • Any premium flow will require approved PSP, account, settlement and reconciliation arrangements.
  • The prototype demonstrates auditable consent, complaints and data-request workflows; production controls require institutional sign-off.
Data & consent

Institutional-grade data and consent standards

The proposed design separates consent for insurance servicing, credit referral and programme reporting. Production deployment requires an approved DPIA, controller-processor roles, encryption, role-based access, retention rules and tested audit logs.

  • Consent collected by SMS or USSD, timestamped and auditable.
  • Role-based access and encrypted storage for all farmer records.
  • Open trigger sources and documented basis risk for every product.
Partnership process

How government and DFIs work with Modela

A first engagement would jointly define the operating model, approvals, data interfaces, payment controls and partner training before any controlled pilot. Modela is seeking technical discovery and accreditation—not claiming an existing programme mandate.

  1. Explore

    Joint workshop to map programme objectives, target counties and existing delivery channels.

  2. Co-design

    Define beneficiary eligibility, consent flow, trigger verification and disbursement process.

  3. Pilot

    Launch in one or two selected counties with partner networks, dashboards and a clear monitoring framework.

  4. Scale

    Expand to additional counties and integrate into national programme reporting and risk financing.

Development finance

DFI and donor partnership

County pilots and national scale-up are stronger when development partners provide technical assistance, anchor premium subsidies or convene underwriters and county programmes. Modela provides the verified distribution and data infrastructure that turns partnership support into measurable farmer protection.

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Insurance products

Index-based crop, livestock, input-linked and credit-linked cover delivered through trusted partner channels.

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Insurers, reinsurers & DFIs

Risk placement, the National Blended Finance Facility, data standards and institutional partnership terms.

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Partner with us

Distribution through SACCOs, cooperatives and agro-dealers, with API and USSD integrations.

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Start the conversation

Whether you are a ministry, county government, DFI, development partner or multilateral, we would like to understand your priorities and co-design a programme.