Category: Sustainability
Covid-19: How does microfinance weather the coming storm?
Covid-19 has unequivocally arrived in the developing world with thousands of cases reported across sub-Saharan Africa.
Greta Bull, CEO of CGap, warn [...]
ARC launches new paper on impact of Covid-19
Africa Risk Capacity is undertaking an urgent exercise to model the potential impact of Covid-19 on Africa to inform and guide member states. As it pu [...]
VIDEO: How Africa is responding to Covid-19
In Africa, the coronavirus has spread to dozens of countries within weeks. This video explains how the World Health Organization has been supporti [...]
VIDEO: An effective BCM plan activated efficiently by IRMSA
In this video, Christopher Palm, chief risk adviser at the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA), takes you through the BCM process fo [...]
Africa needs to prepare for global slowdown, warn experts
The slowdown of manufacturing in China due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak is disrupting world trade and could result in a $50bn decrease in ex [...]
Africa has more to learn from Mozambique cyclones, finds global insurer
A global insurer has produced a report showing southern Africa has made progress in resilience building in recent years and, to further strengthen the [...]
Making the most of insurtech presents massive opportunity for insurers
Not only does making better use of technology give insurers a massive commercial opportunity, it also presents an unprecedented opportunity for their [...]
Broker merger could narrow options for insurers and insureds
As Aon and Willis Towers Watson (WTW) announce merger plans, hot on the heels of last year’s merger between Marsh and JLT, insurers across Africa will [...]
African investment opportunities ahead?
More finance has been made available to a number of African countries in the past few weeks, creating more opportunities for insurers to develop new s [...]
VIDEO: Ndlovu Youth Choir – We’ve Got This (Fight against Covid-19)
Amid the doom and gloom of the coronavirus (Covid-19), myths and misunderstandings are circulating across the continent. Here, the Ndlovu Youth Ch [...]