APA acquires two insurance firms in Tanzania

Risper Ohaga, APA Apollo Group CEO.

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APA Apollo Group has acquired two insurance companies in Tanzania as it moves to increase its share of underwriting businesses outside Kenya.

The insurer, which already had a subsidiary in Uganda and an associate in Tanzania, said on Monday it has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Meticulous General Insurance Company Limited and Metro Life Assurance Company Limited in Tanzania. APA has not disclosed the value of the deal.