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.
African Insurance Awards 2024 open for entries
The African Reinsurance Corporation, Africa Re, will organise the 9th edition of the African Insurance Awards on 3 June 2024 in Windhoek [...]
Prix d’excellence dans les assurances en Afrique – edition de 2024
La Société Africaine de Réassurance, Africa Re, organisera la 9ème édition des Prix d’Excellence dans les Assurances en Afrique le 3 juin 2024 à Windh [...]
Africa facing finance shortfall in face of climate change, warns UN official
Africa will be US$2.5trn short of the finance it needs to cope with climate change by 2030, a UN official has warned.
United Nations Economic Commi [...]
VIDEO: Flood insurance offers real protection for Kenyan communities
Saurabh Sharma, director emerging consumers at Britam Holdings, talks to Liz Booth about the severity of flooding in Kenya and east Africa more br [...]
Insurers targeted across London as activists amplify voice against oil and gas projects
Insurers have been targeted across London as climate activists increase the pressure on them to cancel cover for oil and gas projects such as the East [...]
ATIDI, Kenya sign MOU to advance renewable energy projects
The government of Kenya and ATIDI, the African Trade Insurance Agency, have signed a Regional Liquidity Support Facility Memorandum of U [...]
ATIDI et le gouvernement Kenyan s’associent pour accélérer la mise en œuvre de projets d’énergie renouvelable
Le gouvernement Kenyan et ATIDI ont signé un protocole d'accord sur la Facilité régionale de soutien à la liquidité (RLSF). Initiative conjointe d'ATI [...]
East Africa set to be badly impacted by Red Sea attacks, warns UNCTAD
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released “Navigating Troubled Waters. The Impact to Global Trade of Disruption of Shipping Rou [...]
VIDEO: Airing industry topics key to building resilience
Davis Iyasere, secretary-general of the West African Insurance Companies Association (WAICA), talks about WAICA’s upcoming conference and the impo [...]
Marine market in disarray but insurers stepping up
With both the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal disrupted – one by drought and the other by terror attacks, insurers are stepping up with extensions and [...]