Liz Booth
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Africa
$600m safety net for Ethiopia farms
The World Bank has approved a $600m International Development Association (IDA) grant to support the Ethiopian government’s vision of a…
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Africa
Plan for new mineral cooperation
An initiative to set up an African Mineral Resource Classification (AMREC) system could pave the way for greater collaboration in…
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Africa
South Africa bidding to close skills gap
South Africa is to set up a new taskforce to try to close the country’s skills gap. The Minister in…
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Africa
Call for papers
The Insurance Institute of Kenya (IIK) has made a call for papers ahead of its annual conference on 27 October.…
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Africa
Coface scoops equality award
Credit insurer Coface South Africa has been named as the overall winner of the Non-JSE-Listed Companies award in the Equal…
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Africa
Nigerian bank changes money movement rules
Risk managers should be watching moves made by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as it reviews daily mobile money…
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Africa
New Insurance Commissioner for Ghana
Ghana’s president has appointed Justice Yaw Ofori as the Commissioner of the National Insurance Commission (NIC). He takes over from…
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Africa
Gas development boost in west Africa
Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Burkina Faso,…
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Africa
Linkage promises support for Nigerian SMEs
Linkage Assurance has committed to helping small and medium enterprises (SMEs) survive business challenges and grow into the future. It…
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Africa
Risk managers need to keep eye on Ghana banks
Risk managers have been warned that more than 25 banks in Ghana are facing challenges in meeting new capital requirements…
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Africa
Nigeria needs $3trn to plug investment gap
Nigeria needs as much as $3trn in the next 30 years to plug the nation’s infrastructure gap and achieve rapid…
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Africa
$280m programme to boost agriculture across Africa
The multimillion-dollar Partnership for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa (PIATA) is to provide up to $280m to catalyse and sustain…
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Africa
Ethiopia to challenge top African economies
Ethiopia is beginning to challenge its economic rivals – Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt – and could become the continent’s…
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Africa
New mobile money system launches in west Africa
A possible rival for M-Pesa has been launched in west Africa, with plans to roll the system out across the…
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Africa
Africa worst at recognising talent
Efforts to fully realise people’s economic potential – in countries at all stages of economic development – are falling short…
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Africa
Ratings warning for South African insurers
South Africa's insurance sector has been given a negative outlook by a new Moody’s report , reflecting the ratings agency's…
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Africa
Insurance rates on the move?
South African risk managers should brace themselves for higher insurance prices after the insurance industry was hit by a serious…
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Africa
Insurance plays key role in aiding emerging economies
Insurance does help improve the quality of life in emerging countries, according to a new body of study. The latest…
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Africa
AfDB’s Africa50 project tempting foreign investors
Investors are increasingly looking at the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Africa50 project as a good way into the continent. "With…
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Africa
Necessity is the mother of invention
Delegates at the Institute of Risk Management South Africa Cruywagen Risk Lab in Cape Town heard why it is when…