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Why youth unemployment must remain at the heart of the economic agenda

Navigating the complexities of long term strategic challenges March 2026

African organisations are confronted by the same pressures as all other international corporates when it comes to grappling with volatile technological, geopolitical and economic disruptions.

The advice landscape is changing - just not in the way most advisers think

For many independent financial advisers, the past few years have felt like a constant game of defence: more regulation, rising costs, and an ever growing list of technologies promising efficiency but rarely delivering clarity – after a three-day free trial and many, many adverts.

Geopolitical conflict and the global insurance market – lessons for South African insurers and reinsurers

The global insurance market has entered a period of unprecedented complexity. Geopolitical conflict, once regarded as a peripheral risk confined to specialist underwriters and political risk markets, has migrated to the centre of mainstream insurance concerns. The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf, the direct military confrontation between the United States and Israel against Iran, and the ripple effects of sanctions regimes have collectively redrawn the risk landscape for insurers across multiple lines of business.