Tag: Feature
Four pillars define business continuity and sustainability
Four pillars define sustainable business continuity – process, procedure, decision making, and activities – according to Mark Walker, associate vice-p [...]
Agriculture getting boost, but needs insurance support too
More money will be coming to support agricultural development in some of Africa’s poorest countries, but a leading Kenyan insurance voice has also urg [...]
Insuring renewables boosting ESG principles
In sub-Saharan Africa, electricity access stands at just 43%, or roughly half the global access rate. While challenges remain, Covid-19 is also reveal [...]
The sixth C – conscience is gnawing at modern-day capital allocation debates
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have become a hot topic within the institutional investment space.
“ESG has risen to prominence [...]
ESG underwriting – it’s an African conversation
Despite a difficult year, Africa’s financial services sector is making strides in getting its own environment, social governance (ESG) framework – one [...]
VIDEO: Half of Africa’s insurers yet to add ESG principles
At the recent Organization of Eastern and Southern Africa Insurers virtual conference, Continental Reinsurance’s head of underwriting Cassim Hansa [...]
Three quarters of managers struggling to cope with employee challenges during Covid-19 pandemic
The Conscious Workplace Report, produced by Rioch UK, has found that 75% of managers have faced employee challenges when working remotely, raising sig [...]
New mentorship programme launches for women across Africa
Bureau Veritas has launched the BV Women in Africa Mentorship Programme in Kenya, in partnership with TWAA, a professional networking, knowledge-shari [...]
Institutional investors picking up on ESG
Institutional investors’ attitudes towards environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles have been improving in the past two years, but there [...]
EIB agrees €60m financing to unlock African Trade Insurance Agency membership
Private sector investment of up to €1bn could be leveraged in Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Senegal, due to European Investment Bank (EIB) support for [...]