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VIDEO: How African countries can insure against Covid-19 outbreaks
Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) is undertaking an urgent exercise to model the potential impact of Covid-19 on Africa, to inform and guide member state [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Test for insurer resilience as coronavirus reaches Africa
An Italian man has been identified as the first sufferer of coronavirus (Covid-19) in sub-Saharan Africa, just as the continent’s insurers face up to [...]
It’s not just Covid-19 – insurers expecting myriad claims
Insurers across Africa are bracing themselves for the possibility of myriad claims from the coronavirus (Covid-19), as travel and business becomes dis [...]
Insurers have golden opportunity to sell agriculture insurance in Zimbabwe
There is a golden opportunity for insurers to sell more agricultural insurance in Zimbabwe – but only if they improve awareness and access to cover.
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Sustainability at top of agenda as South Africa’s load shedding resumes
Eskom, South Africa’s main supplier of power, has warned business could face 18 months of power cuts as it battles to improve its infrastructure. Insu [...]
Global funders investing more to boost financial inclusion
International funders committed an estimated $47bn in 2018 for financial inclusion, a 12% increase from the prior year, signalling that financial incl [...]