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Out of Ukraine war, a plan for Africa’s food security
A foreign conflict has exposed Africa’s dependence on imports and is galvanising action to boost local food production and tackle climate threats.
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UK to boost AfCTFA in bid to create more commercial opportunities
Insurers across Africa have been waiting and watching to see what impact the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) might have on their business [...]
Insured losses from natcats continue to rise
Natural catastrophes in 2021 resulted in a total global economic loss of $270bn and insured losses of $111bn, the fourth highest according to a new re [...]
Share capital rises in CIMA region causing issues
In the area covered by the Inter-African Conference on Insurance Markets (CIMA), which brings together 14 west and central African count [...]
New health insurance deal for Kenyan insurer
Jubilee Health Insurance and Safaricom-owned mobile health platform M-TIBA have gone public with a deal to provide health insurance to more than 3,000 [...]
AKI and Morocco sign technical cooperation MoU
The Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI) and the Moroccan Federation of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies have signed an MoU on technical cooperation [...]
Insurers rethinking strategies due to mounting pressure on ESG issues
Insurance businesses are rethinking their strategies and the way that they undertake business, as 55% of senior executives working in the sector say t [...]
New aviation parametric product for reinsurer
Blink Parametric, a CPP Group insurtech, has agreed a strategic partnership with reinsurance broker MNK Re.
The collaboration will see the early ro [...]
Ivory Coast set to shine this year, suggests Atradius
Ivory Coast has been named as one of five bright spots for trade this year, by credit insurer Atradius.
The others are Uruguay, Israel, Qatar, and [...]
Insurers across Africa still hampered by a lack of digitalisation, warns new report
Low digitalisation constrains insurance distribution, according to a new report, resulting in inefficiencies.
Understanding Insurance Distribution [...]