Tag: Feature
Watershed moment as Shell directors sued for failing to prepare for net zero
In what is being hailed as a pivotal moment and a warning for insurers who might see more corporate clients in the dock, ClientEarth has started legal [...]
Client engagement challenges in Africa
What are customer expectations in Africa? It depends where you are and who you’re speaking to. The population is among the most diverse [...]
Millions of Africans face food insecurity, challenging their resilience to cope with shocks
The socioeconomic situation of the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa has worsened following the Covid-19 pandemic, with millions of people facing acute [...]
Resilience rises in the face of geopolitical threats
For the last two years, it feels like we’ve lived in a state of ongoing crisis as unexpected global events have disrupted organisations in every part [...]
Access to finance remains key issue in gender disparity
Worldwide, women’s access to finance is disproportionately low. Despite substantial overall progress – in 2017, the World Bank reported, 1.2 billion m [...]
Women need insurance or face brunt of climate crisis
Women and girls, especially in rural communities, continue to face the brunt of the climate crisis that exacerbates pre-existing inequalities, jeopard [...]
VIDEO: Insurance Retreat aims to turns words into action
Insurers from across the continent gathered in Zanzibar recently to turn talk into positive action for Africa’s insurance industry. The president of t [...]
Lack of leadership threatens South Africa, warns IRMSA
A lack of decisive, ethical, and courageous leadership translating into tangible and speedy delivery has been identified as a key risk for South Afric [...]
Africa at forefront of climate change risks, warns new IPCC report
Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, [...]
Small businesses in Kenya to receive post-Covid payout
More than 250,000 micro, small and medium-sezed enterprises (MSMEs) in Kenya are to benefit from improved access to finance after being severely impac [...]