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.
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 [...]
Insurance as an enabler of economic growth cannot be understated, AIO forum speakers stress
Insurance has an ever more important role to play in enabling business, allowing for infrastructure development and building communities.
That was [...]
Fresh capital flows into African insurance market signal rising investor confidence
As the African Insurance Organisation’s general assembly got underway in Cairo, two new private capital vehicles announced moves into the African insu [...]
Pools could unlock Africa’s capacity to insure complex risks
Africa boasts some 78 insurance pools across the continent out of a global total of 451, delegates at the 52nd general assembly of the Africa Insuranc [...]
PODCAST: Is the insurance market really managing the AI transition safely?
As part of the Africa Ascending Bites podcast series, Udai Patel, of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Booth, of Africa Ahead, debate whether [...]
VIDEO: Actuaries play key role in creating sustainable insurers
Yeside Kazeem, founder of the African Actuarial Development Academy, explores the critical role of actuaries in the insurance industry, particularly [...]
PODCAST: Using technology to exhaust local capacity efficiently
As part of the Africa Ascending Bites podcast series and after a recent visit to Ghana, Udai Patel, of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Boot [...]
VIDEO: Regulators prepping industry for myriad challenges
With the Gulf war continuing and the insurance sector facing many challenges, a group of regulators spoke at the 11th Continental Re Summit of the nee [...]