Tag: Feature
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 [...]
Companies stepping up risk management of climate threats but more to be done, says TCFD
Companies have markedly stepped up disclosing how they identify, assess and manage climate-related risk. Industries considered most exposed to materia [...]
Understanding the risks of future cities – opportunities abound for African insurers
A new report from Lloyd’s shows that more than half the world’s population now lives in urban areas, up from a third in 1950, and this is projected to [...]
Numbers reveal cost of pandemic on African insurers
As insurance authorities across the continent report the latest figures from the insurance sector, it is clear that the Covid-19 pandemic has cost the [...]
Major shift in climate risk management
A major shift is underway as the world’s leaders put investment in risk transfer ahead of emergency response to disasters.
In a new report, the Dev [...]
VIDEO: African insurance market has opportunity to step up its resilience
The Covid-19 pandemic has taught the world many things, not least to remember that the unthinkable can happen. However, Lesley [...]
New kind of insurance force emerging across Africa
The African insurance market has been shaken up by the Covid-19 pandemic, with firms across the continent re-assessing their priorities, but it has no [...]