Pension Funds and Alternative Investments Africa Conference

Globally assets under management in alternative investments are projected to reach $17 trillion by 2025. Institutional investors in the region are seeing positive alternative investment performance. Alt investing as a strategy is surging ahead.

Africa is one of the world’s hot regions for insurance. Steady economic growth in most countries combined with a largely underdeveloped insurance sector has positioned the continent as the second-fastest-growing region for insurance globally after Latin America. With deepening market penetration, the bulk of growth in Africa is expected to come from pensions and individual life insurance. Africa remains a largely underinsured region fuelled by a rising middle class.