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.
How can insurers help hydropower producers mitigate against the risk of drought?
A new brief for action has called on the insurance market to play its part in reducing risks for hydropower players in the face of drought across the [...]
Governments urged to consider tax reductions if agriculture insurance is to work across Africa
Taxation can be the death knell of microinsurance options across Africa.
Delegates at the International Conference on Inclusive Insurance 2026 in R [...]
Inclusive climate insurance solution launched for Rwanda
An inclusive climate responsive insurance solution for SACCOS (ICRIS) has been launched in Rwanda as part of the government’s bid to increase insuranc [...]
AI a huge enabler for insurers, but with caution
Artificial intelligence (AI) is seen as a huge enabler of insurance and those who are slow to adopt may well get left behind in the race for success i [...]
La croissance resiliente de l’Afrique et l’opportunite de l’ia pour son secteur de l’assurance
L’Organisation des Assurances Africaines (OAA) a publié aujourd’hui son Rapport annuel 2026. Préparé par Faber Consulting, le rapport montre que les é [...]
Africa’s resilient growth and the AI opportunity for its insurance sector
Africa’s economies have outgrown the global average, according to a new report from the African Insurance Organisation (AIO).
Its Ann [...]
VIDEO: AIO instrumental in developing African insurance markets, says former president
Yared Mola, immediate past president of the African Insurance Organisation and chair of the Ethiopian Insurance Association, talks about the pride [...]
PODCAST: Can insurance events continue in their current formats?
In the next of the Africa Ascending Bites podcasts and as the African Insurance Organisation Reinsurance Forum is underway, Udai Patel, CEO of Afr [...]
Softer reinsurance market puts Africa’s underwriting discipline to the test, say market experts
Reinsurance and insurance markets are quietly optimistic despite a clear market softening in some areas, citing this as a “new normal” rather than a s [...]
Put underwriting discipline ahead of growth, African reinsurers urged
With three out of four of the global rating agencies giving the region a stable outlook as reinsurance markets head to 1/1 renewals, that measured sta [...]