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CNN Connecting Africa meets Lawrence Nazare, GMD Continental Reinsurance

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In the latest episode of CNN Connecting Africa, CNN International’s Eleni Giokos meets the business leaders working to connect the continent.

Giokos meets Lawrence Nazare in Lagos, the Group Managing Director of Continental Reinsurance. Giokos explains what the reinsurance industry does, “Reinsurance, in a nutshell, is insurance for insurance companies? It is the second level of insurance after the insurance company insures its direct client.

The reinsurer takes whatever risk the insurance company cannot cover under its balance sheet.”

Intra-African trade has many challenges and Nazare believes that the size of the continent is one of the biggest hurdles, “Africa is a huge continent. So just the distances, I think makes it a daunting task. Travelling in Africa, when I started travelling was not easy, connectivity in Africa is not easy. So making sure that you are there on the ground, and interacting with your teams can be difficult. It’s proving to be a lot easier now post COVID doing it digitally, but at one point, we had to be physically travelling.”

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Nazare also says that a fragmented regulatory framework across the continent has proved to be a barrier to trade. He hopes that the African Continental Free Trade Area will solve this problem, “I see the Africa Continental Free Trade Area as an absolute imperative. I think it’s very exciting because of the promises that you’re seeing. One of which primarily is a promise of a level playing field, a modernised regulatory framework, no barriers to trade, free movement, free movement of labour, absolutely important.”

Nazare is hopeful for the future of business and trade across Africa, “I think the script for Africa’s future success story must be written by great African businesses. Those great African businesses must be allowed to spread their wings, take advantage of opportunities across the continent. We are on a fairly steep growth trajectory in Africa, boundless opportunities, but I believe we must create an environment that allows those enterprises to grow and thrive.”

This month’s programme also visits Ghana for a meeting of the Africa Economic Zones Organization, in Egypt energy and infrastructure giant Elsewedy Electric talk about their plans for a better-connected continent, and in South Africa, Giokos explores South Africa’s wine industry.

‘Connecting Africa’ airs on Saturday 5th February at 0800 SAST on CNN International
The show also airs at the following times:
Saturday 5th February at 1930 SAST
Sunday 6th February at 0600 SAST and 1300 SAST
Monday 7th February at 0030 SAST and 2245 SAST
Tuesday 8th February at 2245 SAST
Saturday 12th February at 0830 SAST and 1300 SAST
Sunday 13th February at 2000 SAST
Monday 14th February at 0300 SAST

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