{"id":228646,"date":"2022-06-12T13:26:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T11:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afdb.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/african-development-bank-to-invest-euro10-million-in-reinsurance-firm-conference-interafricaine-des-marches-dassurances-cicare?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-06-12T13:26:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T11:26:18","slug":"african-development-bank-to-invest-e10-million-in-reinsurance-firm-conference-interafricaine-des-marches-dassurances-cica-re","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/african-development-bank-to-invest-e10-million-in-reinsurance-firm-conference-interafricaine-des-marches-dassurances-cica-re\/","title":{"rendered":"African Development Bank to invest \u20ac10 million in reinsurance firm Conf\u00e9rence Interafricaine des March\u00e9s d&#8217;Assurances (CICA-RE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/2b317321b8870be\/600\/418\" alt=\"African Development Bank Group (AfDB)\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The African Development Bank (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afdb.org\/\">www.AfDB.org<\/a>) has signed an agreement to invest in the Joint Reinsurance Company of Member States of <em>Conf&eacute;rence Interafricaine des March&eacute;s d&#039;Assurances<\/em>&nbsp;(CICA-Re).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Under the agreement, the African Development Bank will take a 6.56-billion FCFA stake (approximately &euro;10&nbsp;million) in CICA-Re and join its board of directors.<\/p>\n<p>Karim Diarassouba, chief executive officer of CICA-Re, signed on behalf of the company. African Development Bank Group Director of Financial Sector Development Stefan Nalletamby signed for the institution. The signing took place on 9 June under the auspices of the Ivorian Minister of Economy and Finance, Adama Coulibaly. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The investment is expected to strengthen the underwriting capacity of CICA-Re and contribute to the financing of its development and expansion across Africa. It will also bolster the company&rsquo;s contribution to the development of domestic capital markets through the retention of a substantial share of locally generated reinsurance premiums. The investment will also implement CICA-Re&#039;s environmental and social policy, consolidate its governance and risk-management framework, grow its capacity to provide technical assistance in insurance and reinsurance, and support efforts to diversify its reinsurance products.<\/p>\n<p>Stefan Nalletamby, the African Development Bank Group&#039;s Director of Financial Sector Development, said, &#8220;This operation is one of the African Development Bank&#039;s strategic interventions to increase its contribution to the development of the African reinsurance sector through supporting strong African players like CICA-Re, which is capable of rising to international standards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Karim Diarassouba, chief executive officer of CICA-Re, said, &#8220;This partnership with the African Development Bank is intended to strengthen the company&#039;s financial robustness and support the growth of the joint reinsurance company&#039;s activities, while enriching its multisectoral experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CICA-Re (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cica-re.com\/\">www.CICA-RE.com<\/a>) is a key player in the development of the insurance and reinsurance sector. Its member countries are: B&eacute;nin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, C&ocirc;te d&#039;Ivoire, Gabon, Mali, Niger, Central African Republic, Senegal, Chad and Togo.<\/p>\n<p>The investment aligns with the Bank&rsquo;s strategic goal of deepening capital markets and promoting more-robust and better-integrated African financial institutions that offer more-diversified products to support the real sector. CICA-Re is the third regional reinsurance company in which the Bank has made an investment. The other two are African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa-Re), of which the Bank is a founding member, and PTA Reinsurance (ZEP-RE).<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Development Bank Group (AfDB).<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact:<\/strong><br \/>\nFa&iuml;za Ghozali<br \/>\nCommunication and External Relations Department<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:media@afdb.org\">media@afdb.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical contact:<\/strong><br \/>\nAkane Zoukpo Sanankoua<br \/>\nPrincipal Investment Officer<br \/>\nCapital Markets Development Division<br \/>\nAfrican Development Bank<\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/f60887e9b8882e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/f60887e9b8882e1\" alt=\"African Development Bank Group (AfDB)\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/f60887e9b8882e1\">Download logo<\/a><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has signed an agreement to invest in the Joint Reinsurance Company of Member States of Conf&eacute;rence Interafricaine des March&eacute;s d&#039;Assurances&nbsp;(CICA-Re). Under the agreement, the African Development Bank will take a 6.56-billion FCFA stake (approximately &euro;10&nbsp;million) in CICA-Re and join its board of directors. 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