Author: Calvin Manika
Calvin Manika is a Zimbabwean journalist renowned for his in-depth reporting on insurance, financial inclusion, and social impact. With over five years of experience, he has contributed to prominent media outlets such as Al Jazeera, The Continent, The Independent UK, and is our resident contributor in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe’s funeral cover boom constrains reinsurance market
Zimbabwe’s insurance industry is experiencing a structural imbalance that analysts say is quietly limiting the growth of reinsurance and broader risk [...]
Africa’s trade ambitions hang on insurance market integration
Africa’s ambition to build the world’s largest free-trade area is colliding with a stubborn reality that regulation is still fragmented, slowing t [...]
Les ambitions commerciales de l’Afrique dépendent de l’intégration du marché de l’assurance
L'ambition de l'Afrique de créer la plus grande zone de libre-échange au monde se heurte à une réalité tenace : la réglementation reste fragmentée, ce [...]
Local-language policies and school curriculum could close Zimbabwe’s protection gap
Translating insurance policies into local languages and integrating insurance education into schools could help increase uptake in African countries l [...]
Annual life policies reshape Zimbabwe’s insurance market, raising regulatory and consumer risks
Zimbabwe’s life insurance industry is undergoing a quiet but significant transformation. Products once designed to span decades, including whole-life [...]
Flood losses highlight need to scale index insurance in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is emerging as one of Africa’s most important testing grounds for climate-risk insurance. The country has been pushing to transform a decade [...]
Zimbabwe’s currency reset tests stability of insurance contracts
After nearly two decades of operating a multi-currency economy, the Zimbabwean government is now moving to revert to a single legal tender by 2030 and [...]
Grain trade liberalisation spurs demand for credit risk insurance in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s decision to lift its ban on grain imports from South Africa has sent ripples through both agricultural and insurance markets, with insurers [...]
Surge in vehicle imports fuels motor insurance growth in Zimbabwe amid claims pressure
Zimbabwe’s insurance sector is experiencing a rare silver lining amid the country’s broader economic challenges—a surge in vehicle imports that is dri [...]
Capacity constraints test Zimbabwe’s funeral insurers in push to adopt IFRS 17
Zimbabwe’s funeral underwriters are taking baby steps in switching to International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS 17), coming nearly three yea [...]