Johannesburg, May 11, 2021 – To ensure the integration of Gender equality and women empowerment issues in the disaster risk management (DRM) landscape, the African Union (AU) and the African Risk Capacity (ARC), have launched the Gender and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) platform. The new platform is expected to contribute to the development and management of knowledge on the issues of gender and DRM in the continent. The launch took place today through a virtual ceremony attended by both institutions.

Johannesburg, April 26-27, 2021 – The Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia has signed the Treaty and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Risk Capacity (ARC) to work together towards helping the country better prepare, plan and respond to extreme weather events and natural disasters. The ARC Treaty and MoU were signed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Hon. Khadija Mohamed Diriye, the country’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs & Disaster Management.

Johannesburg, 21 Décembre 2020 — Le Groupe de l’ARC (African Risk Capacity) propose un nouveau mécanisme d’assurance aux pays africains de la région du sud-ouest de l’océan indien (SOOI) pour faire face aux effets dévastateurs des cyclones tropicaux. Ce produit d’assurance paramétrique fournira aux pays un financement prévisible et rapide en vue d’une réponse rapide pour faire face aux situations d’urgence provoquées par les cyclones tropicaux.

Johannesburg, December 21, 2020 - The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group is proposing a new insurance mechanism to African countries in the South-West Indian Ocean (SWIO) region to cope with the devastating effects of the tropical cyclones. This parametric insurance product will provide countries with predictable and rapid financing for early response to cope with emergency situations caused by tropical cyclones. The mechanism is a significant milestone to building resilience to climate-related disasters on the African continent.

Maseru, Lesotho, 23 October 2020 – The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to address persistent climate risks and scale up national disaster risk management and financing efforts.

As part of the Gender Strategy implementation, a webinar training on Gender and DRM will take place on 8 October 2020 and will bring together the West and Central African group of countries.

African Risk Capacity upholds the gender equality and women empowerment principle in all its operations, both internally and with Member States. The new Group DG has shown great commitment to this principle by leading the ARC team in its ongoing internal gender mainstreaming efforts. His participation in the ARC mandatory online gender training courses has proved his wiliness and zeal to ‘walk the talk’ and ensure gender-transformative impact in ARC’s operations and programmes

Johannesburg, September 16, 2020 - In an effort to build resilience of the IGAD member States, IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) partnered with African Risk Capacity (ARC),  a specialized agency of the African Union (AU) and held a virtual meeting on 15^th September, 2020 to raise awareness of ARC non-Member States in the Region [Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda] on the mechanism and its benefits.

Dakar, September 9, 2020 - The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group, a pan-African risk management insurance, organized today a conference during which the new Director-General of the Group, and United Nations Assistant Secretary-General (UN-ASG), Mr. Ibrahima Cheikh Diong and Mr Lesley Ndlovu, the CEO of ARC Ltd to present the institution, its strategy, its areas of activity and its impact on vulnerable populations across the continent.

Dakar, le 9 septembre 2020 - Le Groupe African Risk Capacity (ARC), mutuelle panafricaine de gestion des risques, a organisé aujourd’hui une conférence qui a permis au nouveau Directeur général du Groupe ARC et Sous-Secrétaire général des Nations Unies, M. Ibrahima Cheikh Diong et au Directeur exécutif de l’ARC Ltd, M. Lesley Ndlovu, de présenter l’institution, sa stratégie, ses axes d’intervention et son impact auprès des populations vulnérables à travers le continent.