The AFCFTA represents a tremendous opportunity for African Insurers
September 9, 2021
According to the Africa Insurance Pulse 1/2021, on the “African Continental Free Trade Area” (AfCFTA), launched today by the Africa Insurance Organisation (AIO), the AfCFTA will create a single market covering more than 1.2 billion…
Blessing Chiguye, Regional Head at RSIS The South African insurance market is all but saturated. Picking up new local business that steadily grows your books is difficult, and offers small wins at best. Naturally, South…
Bank of Ghana partners with Giesecke+Devrient to pilot first general purpose Central Bank Digital Currency in Africa
August 12, 2021
The Bank of Ghana partners with Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) to pilot a general purpose Central Bank Digital Currency (retail CBDC) in Ghana, West Africa. G+D is providing the technology and developing the solution, adapted to Ghana’s…
The Board of Directors of the African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) decided to extend the term of office of the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Corneille Karekezi for five years until 30…
By Lullu Krugel, Chief Economist for PwC Strategy& Africa, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& Economist 12-month outlook remains positive Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) reports released by IHS Markit in the first week of April…
Affordable digital banking to revolutionise price-sensitive East African payments market
April 21, 2021
By: Ukheshe Technologies In a region still dominated by cash and mobile money options, like M-Pesa, new collaborations between fintechs are looking to capture the price-sensitive market with innovative, open-loop digital payment solutions in East…
Africa private sector recovery lags global trend
April 12, 2021
By Lullu Krugel, Chief Economist for PwC Strategy& Africa, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& Economist 12-month outlook remains positive Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) reports released by IHS Markit in the first week of April…
Africa is serious about digitisation
April 9, 2021
John Kamau, Corporate Accounts Manager Africa for SSP spoke to COVER about guiding clients through a challenging year. Tony: Technology has become the main enabler across the insurance value chain, especially so for the many…
