Category: Social
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 [...]
80 million Africans could be pushed into food poverty by Covid-19 fallout
Africa faces being the worst hit from the economic fallout of the Covid-19 crisis and now there are warnings that 80 million Africans could be pushed [...]
Careful exiting of the lockdown across Africa key to sustainability
The UN’s Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has released a series of proposals to help African governments and businesses to exit Covid-19-related l [...]
How to be a strong leader through a crisis
American author James Lane Allen famously said, “Crisis does not build character, it reveals it.” It also, as has been shown by some of the world’s le [...]
Will the Covid-19 crisis close the wage gap?
Internationally, there is a growing trend to reduce executive pay in response to the current Covid-19 crisis. South Africa is following the trend, wit [...]
IMF warns of ‘unprecedented’ health and economic impact of Covid-19 on SSA
Sub-Saharan Africa is facing an unprecedented health and economic crisis due to Covid-19, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns. It fears the to [...]
Safer, more sustainable transport in a post-Covid-19 world?
Insurers need to prepare for some major shifts in societal behaviour post Covid-19, which may become permanent. Part of that is keeping an eye on the [...]