Johannesburg, May 21, 2020: The African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd) has appointed two new Non-Executive Directors (NEDs), Mr Jurgen Meisch and Mr. Phillip Pettersen, to join its Board of Directors to bring independent strategic guidance and oversight to its operations.

The new directors joined a group of other industry experts led by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh and Dr Frannie Leautier who serves as interim Chair and as alternate Chairperson, respectively.

JOHANNESBURG, LE 26 MAI - Les impacts de la pandémie mondiale actuelle de COVID-19 en Afrique pourraient être dévastateurs pour les moyens de subsistance, la santé et la sécurité alimentaire. Malgré la multiplication des mesures humanitaires pour soutenir les personnes vulnérables sur le continent, les effets combinés des crises de santé et de la sécurité alimentaire pèsent lourdement sur les économies africaines.

JOHANNESBURG, 26 MAY - Impacts of the current COVID-19 global pandemic to Africa could be devastating to livelihoods, health and food security. Despite the upsurge in humanitarian measures to support vulnerable people on the continent, the compounded effects of health and food security crises are placing a heavy burden on African economies.

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Humanitarian agencies in Senegal are this week distributing aid as part of an early response to food shortage, which has been caused by the late onset of rainfall last year. This early action will help alleviate the suffering of those affected and reduce the need for them to resort to negative coping actions such as taking children out of schools, eating their seeds, and migrating or selling their farming implements.

Johannesburg, Mercredi 25 mars 2020 : En réponse à la pandémie de COVID-19, la Mutuelle panafricaine de gestion des risques (https://www.africanriskcapacity.org/) a annoncé des mesures sanitaires et sécuritaires pour aider à

Johannesburg, Wednesday, March 25, 2020: The African Risk Capacity (https://www.africanriskcapacity.org/) in response to the COVID19 pandemic has announced health and safety measures to help prevent the spread of the coronavi

Johannesburg, 10 février 2020 : La Société d’assurance de l’ARC (ARC Ltd) a nommé M. Lesley Ndlovu comme son nouveau Directeur exécutif, pour succéder à Mme Dolika Banda dont le mandat est arrivé à terme après avoir permis à la société d’enregistrer une croissance impressionnante de son portefeuille en matière de mutualisation des risques de catastrophe.

Johannesburg, February 10, 2020: The African Risk Capacity Limited (the ARC Ltd) has appointed Mr. Lesley Ndlovu as its new Chief Executive Officer following the expiration of the tenure of Ms Dolika Banda, the former CEO, under whose tenure the company recorded impressive growth of its disaster risk pool portfolio.

L-R: Assistant Secretary-General for the United Nations, Mohamed Beavogui, Director General of the ARC Institution; handing over the cheque to Mr. Adama Coulibaly, Minister of Economy and Finance, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire