Category: Sustainability
Parametric insurance pays out on Senegalese food crisis
Humanitarian agencies in Senegal have been distributing aid as part of an early response to food shortage, which has been caused by the late onset of [...]
Climate-resilient project across east Africa needs private support
The Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow (CRAFT) project has co-invested €2m in grants to 14 private sector companies working in the sunflower, [...]
Focusing on ESG principles should steer companies through pandemic
The coronavirus is an unexpected and unplanned global catastrophe and corporate South Africa has no choice but to step in and assist its employees, ho [...]
Continental Reinsurance reports Q1 growth and affirms support towards Covid-19 pandemic
Despite unprecedented challenges across Africa resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, Continental Reinsurance has posted a 29% increase in gross premiu [...]
Moody’s downgrades Kenya in reaction to Covid-19 threat
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the outlook on the Kenya government ratings to negative from stable, in reaction to the economic challenges l [...]
How to be a strong leader through a crisis
American author James Lane Allen famously said, “Crisis does not build character, it reveals it.” It also, as has been shown by some of the world’s le [...]
Insurers worried by oil price crash and reducing demand for cover
Insurers are already voicing their concerns about a drop in demand for insurance related to oil risks as the price of crude crashes around the world, [...]
Keeping data safe and building resilience
Security, risk, data loss, and legislation. These are the primary concerns listed by organisations and government institutions when asked why they are [...]
Covid-19 swings the spotlight back onto emerging countries’ debt
While the focus so far has mainly been on China, Europe, and the US, the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be even more severe for e [...]
S&P affirms ATI rating despite Covid-19
S&P Global Rating has reaffirmed African Trade Insurance Agency’s (ATI) creditor rating of ‘A’ with a Stable Outlook (A/Stable) and noting ATI’s ‘poli [...]