Africa Re & ILO's Impact Insurance Facility
October 28, 2015
The ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility and African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) signed today a partnership to support and enhance the development of microinsurance markets in African countries. The partnership between the ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility…
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services insurance Seminar
October 28, 2015
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services held its 3rd Annual Spotlight on South African Insurance Seminar in Johannesburg at Killarney Country Club this week. The seminar covered topics in African market growth and expansion and the…
Allianz opens a new subsidiary in Kenya
October 22, 2015
Allianz has taken a further step in its growth strategy in Africa and will start operations in Kenya. Kenya is the twelfth country where Allianz Africa is present. Allianz is already among the leaders of…
The GSB scoops prestigious new ranking
October 15, 2015
Africa’s top business school, the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) has been awarded a place on the Top 40 2015 Corporate Knights Better World MBA Ranking – making it the only business school on…
Allianz’s specialist insurer, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) Africa has announced Nobuhle Nkosi (32) as the Head of Financial Lines in Africa. She joined AGCS Africa in 2013 as a Senior Underwriter within Financial…
Africa 2020 presents exciting opportunities for asset managers
October 13, 2015
New research from PwC projects that traditional assets under management (AuM) in 12 markets across Africa will rise to around $1,098 billion by 2020, from a 2008 total of $293b. This represents a compound annual…
Seamless risk protection for mega-projects: Tanzania
October 13, 2015
These are all good catalysts for increasing Tanzania’s lure as an investment destination. Furthermore, international donor and foreign direct investors are paying growing attention to Tanzania
SA ranks 96 out of 157 for economic freedom
October 9, 2015
Despite the evidence reflected in the Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) and other reports that high levels of government involvement in economies of countries is detrimental to economic growth, the SA government continues on…
