Risk Management / General

The Risks of South Africa's Weak Economic Growth

Considering new economic growth figures for Q4 2023, which stand at a dismal 0.1%, Volker Von Widdern, the Risk Principal of Riskonet Africa says business now needs to consider and plan for two key medium-term risks.

Global business insolvencies: South Africa sees significant drop in insolvencies, but challenges remain

Brokers sink their teeth into Africa, South Africa risks

The annual risk reports produced by the likes of Aon, Allianz and the World Economic Forum (WEF) are useful indicators of the risk landscape that non-life insurance brokers, insurers and risk managers have to navigate; but to extract value from these write-ups requires a deeper understanding of each risk in the context of risk identification, mitigation and transfer disciplines.

Driving Sustainable Development - Circularity & ESG in Mining

Mining is a historically linear process – we take materials from the earth, make products from them and eventually throw them away as waste.