Author: Liz Booth
Liz Booth has more than 30 years’ experience as a journalist and editor, working on a mix of consumer and business titles but, for the past decade, has concentrated on the insurance and risk sector. Having grown up in west Africa and then lived in South Africa, she has a lifelong commitment to the continent and a passionate interest in its future success.
VIDEO: Celebrating 50 years of Africa Re and its collaboration across Africa
Speakers at the 50th anniversary celebrations of Africa Re in Abuja, Nigeria, talked of the importance of collaboration across Africa and the way in [...]
PODCAST: Africa Re celebrates half a century
In the latest of our podcast series, Africa Ascending Bites, Udai Patel, CEO of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Booth, editorial director o [...]
VIDEO: Time for action, not just words, says former AIO president
On the sidelines of the Africa Insurance Organisation's (AIO's) general assembly, Patty Karuaihe-Martin, former president of the organisation, dis [...]
VIDEO: Will artificial intelligence replace underwriters and brokers within the next decade?
Sam Norman Sali, managing director of Visal Reinsurance Brokers, and Cole Baidoo, chief technology officer at ALX Holdings, examine the rapid adva [...]
PODCAST: Is the Middle East going to become the hub for Africa?
In this episode of the Africa Ascending Bites podcast series, Udai Patel of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Booth of Africa Ahead, discuss [...]
VIDEO: Innovation alone won’t be enough for future success, warn regulators
Speaking in the regulatory session at the African Insurance Organisation’s 52nd General Assembly in Cairo, regulators from Bermuda and across the [...]
PODCAST: AIO conference timing perfect as sector faces challenges
The Gulf war and flooding across the continent have given the African insurance sector plenty to work on in the first half of 2026, whic [...]
Data gaps holding back growth in African insurance markets, warns AIO
Africa’s insurance protection gap is not just a capital gap, it is also a data gap, according to a new report from the African Insurance Organisat [...]
Le déficit de protection assurantielle en Afrique est aussi un déficit de données, dit AIO
L’Organisation Africaine des Assurances (OAA) publié le Pouls de l’assurance en Afrique 2026, sa publication phare annuelle, qui examine comment l’ass [...]
Owning data may become a thing of the past as AI develops, leading reinsurers say
Working together and sharing data might be the answer to enabling the African insurance market to reach its full potential, believe some of the contin [...]