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SMEs and business interruption insurance: The road less travelled

Recently, the business place of a small business owner was destroyed by fire. Luckily, he had a material damage insurance…

Grim omens on sustainable livelihoods in Africa (2)

MUCH DEPENDS on individual African countries in their response to issues in sustainable livelihoods. In majority of cases, the subject…

Grim omens on sustainable livelihoods in Africa (1)

GREAT lifetime of opportunities are about to be irretrievably missed in Africa if the continent crosses certain thresholds in the…

NHIS: What’s going on?

Expectations were high when the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) came into being in 2004. Among other objectives, the NHIS…

Compulsory insurances and elections campaigns

P olitical party primaries have been concluded. Now we know the candidates, especially candidates of the two major political parties,…

Africa on slippery road to the East (1)

NOT TOO LONG ago, the “Agenda 2063” came alive as the deal on “creating one African market” was consummated with…