Category: Social
Tanzanian insurer agrees major tie-up with Vodacom
Britam Insurance and Vodacom Tanzania have inked a partnership deal that will see the former issuing third-party motor vehicle insurance cover to its [...]
Agriculture insurtech startup attracts $1.2m seeding
OKO, an insurtech startup that provides inclusive agricultural insurance to secure farmers’ income across Africa, has closed a seed investment of $1.2 [...]
Africa Specialty Risks launches construction capacity alongside appointment of head of construction underwriting
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African reinsurance group, has launched construction capacity, alongside the appointment of James Cronje as head [...]
Dirty business: Fossil fuel economies face an impact-investing strangle
There are growing concerns that the trend toward impact and sustainable investing could throttle entire emerging-market industries as allocators of ca [...]
Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance launched
A declaration by African insurance industry leaders of commitment to support the achievement of the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) is to be l [...]
Insurance businesses big and small should embrace the ESG agenda
Size does not matter when it comes to developing greater sustainability and resilience for your business. That is the key message from Zep Re CEO Hope [...]
Survey on the Status of Sustainable Finance within the African insurance sector
As part of the upcoming fourth Principles of Sustainable Insurance (PSI) Africa Market Event, hosted by ICEA Lion and the UN Environment on 22 April, [...]
Covid-19 continues to take its toll on African insurance events
Two major events in the African insurance market calendar have been moved as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated travel restrictions [...]
Kenyan broker wins ERM recognition
Nairobi-based broker Kenbright has been named as one of ten companies to watch from across the globe by CIO Coverage for its innovation in the enterpr [...]
Staying ahead of cybercrime is a business imperative
It is predicted that there will be 7.5 billion internet users by 2030, and that more than 111 billion lines of new software code are produced each yea [...]