Category: Sustainability
Push for a reasoned approach to sustainable finance disclosures
Policymakers should not rush headlong into new sustainability-focused regulations and standards without first consulting widely with industry, and per [...]
Impact, sustainability the mortar in PE deals
Impact and sustainability are replacing environmental, social and governance (ESG) as the tagline on many insurance- and investment-focu [...]
NDSI chair calls for increased investments towards adaptation and resilience
The finance sector needs to invest heavily in adaptation and resilience and balance the amounts spent on emissions reduction, according to Philip Lopo [...]
How Uganda insurers are readying for oil boom business
Uganda’s insurers are strengthening their capacity to tap into the expected boom in the oil and gas sector as the East African economy brushes aside p [...]
Kenya underwriters bet big on agents to drive insurance in digital age
Kenya insurers are challenging agents that the market is still wide open for them to drive amid the rising preference for digital services among consu [...]
Headache for Nigeria insurers as inflation, revised premiums cut number of insured vehicles
The persistently high level of inflation ravaging the Nigerian economy and the tripled premiums for third-party covers has cut the number of insured v [...]
ATIDI provides counter guarantee to InfraCredit for Bond and Debt Finance in Nigeria
The African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI), a pan-African multilateral Insurer, announced the issuance of a portfo [...]
African Insurance Awards 2024 open for entries
The African Reinsurance Corporation, Africa Re, will organise the 9th edition of the African Insurance Awards on 3 June 2024 in Windhoek [...]
Critical minerals: Harnessing data key to unlocking hidden treasures
An UNCTAD solution for developing countries to digitalise and share data on natural resources gains renewed significance amid soaring de [...]
The cyber clock is ticking in the financial services sector, warns McKinsey
As financial-services companies around the world race to keep pace with a rapidly evolving technology landscape, they should consider not only what be [...]