What Pula does
Pula is an agricultural data science and insurtech company that designs insurance and data products for smallholder farmers, governments and businesses across Africa and Asia. It serves smallholder farmers, pastoralist households, governments, development partners, agribusinesses and exporters. Its products include Area Yield Index Insurance, which pays out when season yields in a zone fall below a historical benchmark, and Hybrid Livestock Insurance, which combines satellite-triggered drought cover with indemnity payouts. It also offers EU Deforestation Regulation compliance services such as farmer registration, mapping and traceability, data services covering geo-mapping, climate risk profiling and yield estimation, and public-private partnership consulting. No pricing is published; enquiries go through a call or the contact page.
How Pula compares with its closest alternatives
2 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan; Pula does not. All 5 offer an API, as Pula does. Pula offers a mobile app. Of the alternatives, 4 offer a mobile app. Pula was founded in 2015; the alternatives were founded between 2011 and 2018, 1 of them earlier. Pula is based in Nairobi, Kenya; 1 of its 5 alternatives is in Kenya too, and the others in Nigeria, the United States and Egypt.