Tag: Editor's Pick
ATIDI to back more clean energy projects under its US$150 million regional liquidity support facility
Investors in Africa’s green energy projects, where government utilities are the main off-takers, can now mitigate short-term payment delay through [...]
Soft cycles hide hard reinsurance realities ahead of renewals in the New Year
Experience has taught profitable insurers and reinsurers to treat soft cycles with caution because the next catastrophe capable of undoing years of di [...]
Flood losses highlight need to scale index insurance in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is emerging as one of Africa’s most important testing grounds for climate-risk insurance. The country has been pushing to transform a decade [...]
Catalytic capital for insurtech startups could accelerate innovations and close protection gap in Africa
Insurance funds have the potential to accelerate innovations across Africa while helping to close a longstanding protection gap.
Across the contine [...]
Reinsurance brokerage in the CIMA zone: The need to fill the legal void
As in other markets, reinsurance plays a key role in the CIMA zone. However, besides its low penetration rate, reinsurance faces a major challenge [...]
What East Africa can learn from Southern and West Africa to grow funeral cover uptake
Funeral insurance in East African countries such as Kenya remains a niche product that is often misunderstood and overshadowed by community fundraisin [...]
VIDEO: COP30 starts the drive of words into action
Philip Lopokoiyit, chair of the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance (NDSI) and CEO of ICEALion, talks to Liz Booth about the recently ended [...]
Lack of clear commitments to cut fossil fuels overshadows COP30 wins even as insurers step up
The 30th edition of the annual climate change conference, popularly known as Conference of the Parties (COP), blew hot and cold over the last two week [...]
Legal support for agricultural insurance could drive Africa’s sustainability
Legal support for agricultural insurance could be the most promising pathway to advance Africa’s sustainability ambitions in the wake of rising fr [...]
EU funding in South Africa rekindles debate on Africa’s just energy transition path
As the debate on a just energy transition continues, the European Union’s (EU) latest investment package for South Africa (SA) starkly illustrates som [...]