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.
Why Africa’s power gaps and fragmented grids need insurers at the table
A month out from the important Energy Indaba 2026 in Cape Town and a week before the equally important Mining Indaba, the World Economic Forum (WE [...]
Pourquoi les pénuries d’électricité et la fragmentation des réseaux africains nécessitent la participation des assureurs
À un mois de l'important salon Energy Indaba 2026 au Cap et à une semaine du tout aussi important salon Mining Indaba, le Forum économique mondial (FE [...]
AM Best affirms Africa Re’s A financial strength rating
AM Best has affirmed Africa Re’s A-level financial strength rating, in a move which the reinsurer said “further reinforces the Corporation’s posi [...]
Africa Re maintient sa note de solidité financière ‘A’, avec un renforcement de la résilience à long terme et de la discipline
La Société Africaine de Réassurance (Africa Re) a annoncé la confirmation de sa note de solidité financière ‘A’ par AM Best, ce qui permet à la Sociét [...]
VIDEO: ESG a work in progress for African insurers
Roelof Coertze, Prudential plc's environment director, talks to Africa Ahead about his work and the way in which African insurers are adopting ESG [...]
Raft of MGAs launch Africa-focused operations amid regulatory gaps
January 1 has seen a number of new managing general agents (MGAs) launch with a specific focus on Africa.
To date, MGAs have barely featured in the [...]
VIDEO: 2026 looks set to start in a calmer fashion as renewals run smoothly despite global headwinds
As part of a round table, hosted by Mukfin and Africa Ahead, Francis Nzwili, managing director at Continental Reinsurance Ltd - Botswana subsidiar [...]
IAIS receives FSB endorsement of its holistic framework
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has reaffirmed its endorsement of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors’ (IAIS) Holistic Framewor [...]
VIDEO: COP30 starts the drive of words into action
Philip Lopokoiyit, chair of the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance (NDSI) and CEO of ICEALion, talks to Liz Booth about the recently ended [...]
Lack of clear commitments to cut fossil fuels overshadows COP30 wins even as insurers step up
The 30th edition of the annual climate change conference, popularly known as Conference of the Parties (COP), blew hot and cold over the last two week [...]