Tag: Feature
Covid-19 a wakeup call for Africa, warns ARC
The Covid-19 pandemic could be devastating to livelihoods, health and food security across Africa but could also be the wake-up call needed to spark c [...]
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 [...]
VIDEO: The impact of Covid-19 for insurers and reinsurers
During a virtual roundtable hosted by Afro Asian Insurance Services, heads of reinsurers and insurers across Africa were asked if any opportunity [...]
World Bank funds fight against locust swarms in east Africa
Supporting local agriculture, the World Bank has approved a $500m programme to help countries in Africa and the Middle East fight locust swarms that a [...]
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 [...]
Insurers asked to dig deep as World Bank steps up support to beat Covid-19
As insurance regulators across the continent ask licensed operators to contribute to local Covid-19-fighting funds, in the past two weeks the World Ba [...]
Handling Covid-19 could provide lessons for managing climate change
While insurers and their insureds handle the Covid-19 crisis, there have been a number of experts warning that their companies cannot afford to ignore [...]
Parametric insurance pays out on Senegalese food crisis
Humanitarian agencies in Senegal have been distributing aid as part of an early response to food shortage, which has been caused by the late onset of [...]