Category: Risk Management

Increasing number of companies integrate cyber risk into enterprise risk, finds Willis
Seven in ten organisations (70%) now formally integrate cyber risk into their board-level enterprise risk framework, according to a new report.
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Unrest is hitting SA businesses far beyond the burnt-out buildings, warns Riskonet Africa
Following recent unrest in South Africa, companies have been urged to plan for blocked roads, closed ports and absent staff, not just property damage, [...]

AI 10 billion project moving from launch to delivery, plans AfDB
The AI 10 Billion Initiative for Africa has received a boost following a visit by a delegation from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to [...]

Insurers must convince populations to use their services to stave off disaster
The challenge of persuading populations to invest in insurance will be among the key themes of the International Conference on Inclusive Insurance (IC [...]

The ever-evolving threat of cybercrime in South Africa
Mongezi Mpahlwa, partner, and Tshilidzi Mudau, candidate legal practitioner, Cox Yeats October 12, 2026
South Africa remains one of the most targeted countries in the world when it comes to cyberattacks. Interpol’s Aftica Cyberthreat Assessment Report of [...]

Critical actions make massive difference to catastrophe outcomes, insurers hear
The response mounted in the first hours and days following a catastrophic event can have far-reaching consequences for organisations, insurers, regula [...]

From the sky, we protect: how drones are transforming disaster management in Mozambique
El Khili Lhoucine, business relationship manager for corporate IT services at the African Development Bank September 22, 2026
In February 2000, Mozambique experienced its worst floods in 50 years. More than 700 people died, 650,000 were displaced and 4.5 million — a quarter o [...]

Cyber insurance adoption remains low despite rising attacks
For more than two months, Tolulope Omolere kept asking the same question: How did money leave her Guaranty Trust Bank account without her knowledge?
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Power sector becoming crucial to economic stability, finds Willis
The global power sector is becoming increasingly central to economic growth as artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, advanced manufacturing [...]

Global energy shocks demand a bigger role for insurers in Africa
Energy has taken centre stage across Africa as the US-Iran conflict and consequent disruption to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz winds into its s [...]
