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Microensure : Unprecedented Insurance

MicroEnsure has enjoyed an unprecedented rise in registered customers over the past 12 months as a result of its innovative product and distribution approaches.

Finding the Key to Africa’s Macroeconomic Growth

With 2015's Africa Finance & Investment Forum on the horizon, EMRC's Ines Bastos addresses one of the key continental trends set to be discussed, with the private sector and SMEs earmarked as potential game-changers

Aon Kenya : Knowledge without Borders

As the world’s leading provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, the presence of Aon in Kenya and beyond in Africa has been inevitably successful.

Barclays Bank of Kenya : Kenya’s Go-To Bank

Barclays Bank of Kenya is on the verge of celebrating its 100th birthday, commemorating  the occasion with a host of new services and digital upgrades to bring prosperity to an ever-growing customer base.

Zimbabwe Insurance Brokers : Flexible Risk Solutions

Zimbabwe Insurance Brokers is looking forward to a series of technological advancements to usher in the latest phase of a 20-year evolution to the top of the country’s financial domain.

First Reinsurance Botswana : First-Class Reinsurers

As first-movers in Botswana, First Reinsurance Botswana is working hard to strengthen the market’s understanding of reinsurance products and the benefits they bring to insurers.

Access Bank Zambia : Leading by Example

Access Bank Zambia is part of the Access Bank Group of Companies, a Group notorious for its ambitious vision: to be the world’s most respected African bank.

Ecobank Consolidates Position in Ivory Coast

Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) officially inaugurated its new head office building in Abidjan, with an extremely warm and welcoming reception.

African Insurers must Innovate to Attract Improve Digital Service Delivery

A recent Celent survey on innovation showed that consumers expect a high degree of innovation from their financial service providers, in particular for digital customers.

The Rise of South Africa’s Millionaires

The New World Africa Wealth Report claims more than 160,000 individuals in South Africa are now holders of the millionaire status, holding a combined total of US$660 billion in personal wealth at the end of 2014