Weather insurance for African farmers
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Insurance company Zurich Financial Services has partnered with a Swiss government agency and UN group International Labor Organisation (ILO) to provide microinsurance to African farmers.
Over four hundred thousand people in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda are now protected from a loss of income from low crop yield by low cost weather insurance protecting them against drought and other natural disasters. This follows the launch of a $2 million (SFr2.34 million) scheme to protect 150,000 farmers in Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali against the economic effects of severe droughts. Zurich has also pledged support for ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility.
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Partnership types
Doing business with the poor; Provision of services / personnel
Regions / countries / territories
Africa: 53 countries
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- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Canary Islands
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte (France)
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Reunion (France)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania (United Republic of)
- Togo
- Uganda
- Western Sahara
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Global issues
Disasters and humanitarian affairs
Business sectors
Finance
