Investment

What Licenses Must South African Online Casinos Have?

The online gambling industry is booming all over the world. As more countries and jurisdictions legalise and regulate the activity, we’re seeing a huge number of new online casinos and gambling platforms open and begin […]

InsureTech

Hey Insurtech Founders, GuardRisk Are Looking For New Partners

Heads up for insurtech founders, this South African company are looking for projects to invest in; Guardrisk, the leading cell captive insurance provider, is looking for innovative South African entrepreneurs and venture capital investors to […]

InsureTech

Funding: Smile Identity Raises $20m in Series B Round

Smile Identity, who claim to be Africa’s leading KYC onboarding and identity verification platform, recently announced the successful completion of its Series B funding round, raising $20 million. As countries like Nigeria attempt to launch […]

InsureTech

Sapiens Signs Up HGR South Africa

Latest deal signed by Sapiens;  Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ: SPNS) (TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, has announced the full launch of its cloud-first Life core platform CoreSuite […]

Global insurance trends

Africa: How Is The Reinsurance Market Looking in 2022/23?

Financial risks, including currency depreciation and inflation, is topping the list of challenges facing the 54 African economies in the year ahead. That’s according to a new survey of the continent’s leading insurance professionals, conducted […]

News

FCA Levies £5.8M Fine Against Ghana International Bank

Latest from the FCA; The FCA has fined Ghana International Bank Plc (GIB) £5,829,900 for poor anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing controls over its correspondent banking activities. GIB provided correspondent banking services to overseas banks. […]

News

Deals: Proparco Invests in Mauritius Insurer

MUA Ltd, a regional insurer with operations in Mauritius, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Seychelles, is pleased to announce the proposed equity investment of USD 10M by Proparco, a leading Development Finance Institution (DFI), […]