Category: Social
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 [...]
Continental Reinsurance Honours Top African Journalists at Virtual Awards Ceremony
Pan African Reinsurance firm, Continental Reinsurance Plc, has honoured winners of its 2020 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards at a virtual aw [...]
Hunger increasing in South Africa as lockdown bites
As scientists in South Africa warn the country may face up to 50,000 Covid-19 deaths and up to three million infections by the end of this year, Stati [...]
African Risk Capacity could expand to build resilience against pandemics
African Risk Capacity could be allowed to expand the scope of its assistance to include provision of rapid financial support during epidemic episodes, [...]
WEF warns of economic distress and social discontent in wake of Covid-19
Economic distress and social discontent will rise in the next 18 months unless world leaders, businesses and policymakers work together to manage the [...]