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.

Diong takes over the leadership of ARC Group, promises continuity and scaled commitment to DRM in Africa

Johannesburg, September 01, 2020 - Mr. Ibrahima Cheikh Diong has taken over the reins of the leadership of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group, following his unanimous election by the ARC Conference of Parties (CoP) earlier in June 2020.

Diong prend la direction du Groupe ARC et promet un engagement continu et accru en matière de gestion des risques de catastrophe en Afrique

Johannesburg, le 1^er septembre 2020 - M. Ibrahima Cheikh Diong a pris le relais à la tête du Groupe de la Mutuelle panafricaine de gestion des risques (ARC), à la suite de son élection à l'unanimité par la Conférence des Parties de l'ARC (CdP) plus tôt en juin 2020.

Johannesburg, August 27, 2020 - The African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd) Governance Committee has appointed two new Non-Executive Directors (NEDs), Ms. Sarata Kone-Thiam and Ms. Ladé A. Araba, to join its Board of Directors thereby completing the Board complement of seven individuals in line with structure.