Category: Sustainability
ZEP-RE Academy at ten reflects the growth of Africa’s insurance capability
Ten years ago, ZEP-RE Academy began with the belief that Africa's insurance and reinsurance industry could only grow as fast as the skills of the [...]
Kenya’s tighter marine placement rules test local insurers’ capacity
Kenya’s tighter marine placement rules are set to test insurers’ capacity as the country moves to close gaps that had slowed the implementation of the [...]
Digital innovations drive scale in Uganda’s low-income insurance market
For decades, insurance in Uganda was largely perceived as a service for wealthy individuals, large corporations and formally employed workers. But thi [...]
Parametric insurance struggles for scale in Nigeria despite climate risk urgency
Parametric insurance offers faster claims and improved risk management. Yet its adoption in Nigeria remains constrained by data gaps, low awareness, r [...]
South Africa’s extensive autumn flooding analysed by JBA
Successive low-pressure systems brought destructive flooding, landslides and damaging winds to large parts of South Africa during May 2026, causing fa [...]
Revival of Nigerian insurer emphasises the importance of sound management
After 18 months of regulatory oversight, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has handed Nigerian life insurer, African Alliance Insurance Plc, to a [...]
Firms told to act now as Uganda’s ESG reporting rules draw closer
Businesses operating in Uganda, including insurers, have been urged to move swiftly in embedding Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles [...]
VIDEO: Time for action, not just words, says former AIO president
On the sidelines of the Africa Insurance Organisation's (AIO's) general assembly, Patty Karuaihe-Martin, former president of the organisation, dis [...]
VIDEO: Will artificial intelligence replace underwriters and brokers within the next decade?
Sam Norman Sali, managing director of Visal Reinsurance Brokers, and Cole Baidoo, chief technology officer at ALX Holdings, examine the rapid adva [...]
PODCAST: Is the Middle East going to become the hub for Africa?
In this episode of the Africa Ascending Bites podcast series, Udai Patel of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Booth of Africa Ahead, discuss [...]