Category: Sustainability

VIDEO: Young insurance professionals can drive the future industry
Dr. Olutobi Osanaiye discusses the critical role of young professionals in the insurance industry across Africa, emphasising the need for continuo [...]

Why business leaders in Africa must watch the S in ESG more closely
Business leaders who treat the ‘S’ in ESG conversations as less important and dwell more on emissions targets and reporting frameworks are taking a ba [...]

Allocators of capital optimistic over reclassification of carbon credits
Africa has some work to do to catch up with the European Union and other developed markets in the integration of carbon credit infrastructure into fin [...]

Gen Z’s unique risks set to reshape insurance landscape in Africa
Insurance products are broadening out across Africa as an emerging middle class looks for protection for their newly acquired possessions.
However, [...]

Africa’s trade ambitions hang on insurance market integration
Africa’s ambition to build the world’s largest free-trade area is colliding with a stubborn reality that regulation is still fragmented, slowing t [...]

Rising shocks put focus on insurance for Uganda’s small businesses
On the morning of October 31, 2025, traders along the Nakivubo Channel in Kampala watched helplessly as torrential rains triggered devastating floods [...]

FANAF new president sets five priorities to grow African insurance sector
The newly elected president of the Federation of African National Insurance Companies (FANAF), Mamadou Koné, wants to steer the seven-member execu [...]

Why Afreximbank’s break with Fitch exposes a deeper rift
Dr. Macharia Kihuro (PhD), a development finance expert with extensive experience across Sub-Saharan Africa March 1, 2026
In a recent public statement, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announced it would terminate its credit rating relationship w [...]

Institutional collaboration needed to drive Africa’s development finance, AAMFI hears
Institutional collaboration is needed to drive Africa’s development finance, according to the CEO of Africa Re.
Speaking at the Alliance of African [...]

Sub-Saharan Africa has economic growth momentum, suggests Credendo
Despite the challenging global environment, momentum for economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa remains strong compared to other regions in the world, [...]
