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Insurers and capital market development
What can be done to unlock the role of insurers in developing African capital markets?  Shortly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, local [...]
Platforms for employment
Leveraging digital labour platforms to provide jobs for graduates in Nigeria Nigeria faces a huge challenge of unemployment, with 27% of the [...]
From product provider to trusted risk advisor
Unlocking the SME insurance market through a holistic approach to building resilience. I recently moved into an apartment above a popular Cape [...]
Digital platforms supporting MSMEs through Africa’s COVID-19 crisis
The global COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the importance of connectedness – and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) across Africa [...]
Africa: New toolkit may unlock access to financial services
Hundreds of millions of people globally remain excluded from formal financial services to meet their needs in an affordable way. According to Findex [...]
Building African insurance market resilience
The need to build greater resilience in Africa and globally has been clearly demonstrated by the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our [...]
Africa’s insurance fails to deliver on COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the need for the African insurance sector to demonstrate its critical role in supporting people and [...]
Building the first pan-African fintech census and digital map
Africa Fintech Network (AFN), in partnership with global data analytics firm findexable and independent African think tank Cenfri, are launching [...]
Building foundations for new behavioural scientists in Africa
Behavioural science studies how people behave and tries to answer why they behave in the way they do. This is done by looking at how people process [...]
South Africa’s draft conduct standard for third-party cell captives: ironing out the details
In September 2020, the South African Financial Services Conduct Authority (FSCA) published the draft conduct standard for third-party cell [...]