Category: Sustainability
Is Covid-19 our dress-rehearsal for the impending climate disaster?
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2020 Risk Report said all of the Top-five global risks were climate-related. These included: extreme weather, climate [...]
Ghana moves towards digital payments to boost financial inclusion
The Ghanaian government has launched a new plan to boost financial inclusion through increased use of digital payments.
The Ministry of Finance has l [...]
African SMEs to get a digital boost
Ecobank Group has teamed up with Google to equip African SMEs with the necessary digital skills to navigate the rapidly evolving business world. The p [...]
New reinsurer planned to boost Seychelles market
A new reinsurer is being launched in the Seychelles, with plans to support the local market and help develop new insurance products on the islands.
S [...]
80 million Africans could be pushed into food poverty by Covid-19 fallout
Africa faces being the worst hit from the economic fallout of the Covid-19 crisis and now there are warnings that 80 million Africans could be pushed [...]
Kenyan insurers likely to face new tax bills
Kenyan insurers have been warned they could face increased tax bills after the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) won a test case in the High Court.
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African swine fever flares in South Africa – raising spectre of increased claims
As the world battles Covid-19, an outbreak of African Swine Fever (AFS) has flared in the eastern Cape, South Africa. A swine flu outbreak in China is [...]
Covid-19 is a warning on the impact of climate change
Experts meeting in London have warned that Covid-19 is an eye-opener in terms of what a climate change shock could look like. As people across the wor [...]
Careful exiting of the lockdown across Africa key to sustainability
The UN’s Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has released a series of proposals to help African governments and businesses to exit Covid-19-related l [...]
Insurers asked to dig deep as World Bank steps up support to beat Covid-19
As insurance regulators across the continent ask licensed operators to contribute to local Covid-19-fighting funds, in the past two weeks the World Ba [...]