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Technology can help businesses back to the office post-Covid-19 lockdowns
Covid-19 poses major challenges for players in every industry and companies now face unprecedented hurdles as they struggle to reopen.
A new report [...]
Six insurers join IFC in enabling lending to emerging markets
AXA XL, Aspen Insurance, Everest Insurance, Liberty Specialty Markets, Munich Re and Tokio Marine HCC have all teamed up with the International Financ [...]
Your chance to comment on Covid-19 and the impact on insurance in Africa
The Organisation of Eastern and Southern African Insurers has teamed up with FSDAfrica and Cenfri to survey the impact of Covid-19 on the insurance se [...]
Transition to sustainable future presents opportunities for insurers
The transition to a more sustainable future need not be overshadowed by new risks and trends accentuated by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the la [...]
Insurance has key role as Covid-19 brings food security to top of threat list across Africa
Food security in sub-Saharan Africa is under threat, according to the latest Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Outlook from the International Monetary Fund [...]
Insurers agree to keep sustainable development on track
Insurers have joined private sector, capital markets, government and multilateral institutions to promote long-term investment in sustainable developm [...]
AfDB launching roadmap to tackle food insecurity
Food insecurity is one of the fastest-growing risks for business and for society as a whole across Africa, with huge implications for the insurance in [...]
Will Covid-19 result in a sea change for the gender balance at work?
As lockdowns ease across Africa, we ask Hope Murera, managing director of ZEP-RE, whether some of the changing working practices are likely to become [...]
What will be the most consequential impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic one to two years from now?
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) marked 100 days of the Covid-19 pandemic by asking experts to identify some of the most consequential impa [...]
Overcoming human resistance to change
Human resistance to change is one of the greatest barriers to moving business forward and building a resilient future. That is according to Dr Ibrahim [...]