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: Antonella da Cunha provides a risk manager’s view on opportunities for agricultural insurers
As part of a round table, held by Mukfin and Africa Ahead, Antonella da Cunha, formerly chief risk officer at Capespan, discusses the available sol [...]
African CEOs lagging behind on AI adoption, as staff crime increases
Generative AI (GenAI) exploded into the public consciousness in 2023, promising to transform the way business functions. Despite the potential, howeve [...]
Happy New Year to you all!
Happy New Year to all the readers of Africa Ahead!
Here's hoping that 2024 will be a happy, healthy and prosperous for you all. [...]
VIDEO: African insurance market shares traits of South America
Margo Black Wyllie, a former supervisory board member at W-Safe, talks about her career centred in Brazil and the parallels for women working in the i [...]
Counting the cost of tough renewals
After a torrid set of renewals at 1/1, 2023, the African insurance market has been bracing itself for what might follow on 1/1, 2024. Last January not [...]
ASR receives in principle approval for Lloyd’s syndicate
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African-focused (re)insurance group, has received Lloyd’s Council ‘in-principle’ approval to launch a Lloyd’s sy [...]
VIDEO: Insurers have stronger voice as COP28 gets under way
As COP28 starts in the United Arab Emirates, Philip Lopokoiyit, CEO of the ICEA Lion Group and also chair of the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable [...]
How are natural catastrophes influencing African insurance markets?
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With natural catastrophes seemingly on the rise, the risk of growing un- and under-insurance across th [...]
Comment les catastrophes naturelles influencent-elles les marchés africains de l’assurance?
Alors que les catastrophes naturelles semblent augmenter, le risque de sous-assurance et de non-assurance augmente à travers le continent, selon un gr [...]
Navigating uncharted waters – strategic risk management at the forefront of resolving Durban Harbour’s logistics crisis
In response to the escalating crisis at Durban Harbour in South Africa, a leading risk manager is arguing for better risk management across the logist [...]