A steep rise in demand for life coverage – traditionally a smaller segment than non-life lines – has been driving growth in Kenya’s insurance sector over the course of 2017.
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Economic Update | Kenyan insurance sector posts growth amid shifting purchasing patterns and reforms
29 Nov 2017
Economic Update | Investment in Indonesian tech start-ups reaches $3bn year-to-date
28 Nov 2017
Indonesia’s tech start-ups have been catching the eye of investors, having raised close to $3bn in funding in the year to September 13, a substantial increase on the $631m received in 2016.
Economic Update | South Africa seeks to strike balance between pro-growth spending and fiscal discipline
28 Nov 2017
Malusi Gigaba, South Africa’s minister of finance, delivered the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) to Parliament on October 25, outlining a mix of partial privatisations and infrastructure...
Economic Update | Wide-ranging tax reforms to boost Trinidad and Tobago’s revenue collection
28 Nov 2017
Trinidad and Tobago is enacting sweeping changes to its tax system, with the government to establish a new revenue authority and implement a series of reforms as part of efforts to bolster state...
Economic Update | Progress on major gas projects to advance Egypt’s energy independence
28 Nov 2017
A recently discovered gas field in Egypt – one of the world’s largest – is on track to begin production by the start of next year, which should quickly ease the country’s reliance on energy imports.
Economic Update | Dubai to launch index futures following three new licensing agreements
27 Nov 2017
Efforts to expand the reach and product offering of Dubai’s capital markets accelerated in October, as Nasdaq Dubai inked several deals to launch index futures.
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