American author James Lane Allen famously said, “Crisis does not build character, it reveals it.” It also, as has been shown by some of the world’s le [...]
Supporting local agriculture, the World Bank has approved a $500m programme to help countries in Africa and the Middle East fight locust swarms that a [...]
As scientists in South Africa warn the country may face up to 50,000 Covid-19 deaths and up to three million infections by the end [...]
African Risk Capacity could be allowed to expand the scope of its assistance to include provision of rapid financial support durin [...]
Economic distress and social discontent will rise in the next 18 months unless world leaders, businesses and policymakers work tog [...]
Insurers across the continent are launching solutions and offering refunds to help insureds navigate the Covid-19 pandemic.
Among them, Kenyan insu [...]
During a virtual roundtable hosted by Afro Asian Insurance Services, heads of reinsurers and insurers across Africa were asked if any opportunity might emerge out of [...]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has produced this blog, looking at the ways in which countries are better preparing for the next major catastrophe in the wake of a recent eve [...]