By Jibril Abdul Mumuni<\/p>\n
Accra, Jan 13, GNA \u2013 Dr Abiba Zakariah, the Commissioner, National Insurance Commission (NIC), has been elected as the Vice President of the Organisation of African Insurance Supervisory Authorities (OAISA).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The election took place at the OAISA 2025 Annual General Meeting held from November 16 to 21 in Harare, Zimbabwe.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The OAISA is an association under the umbrella of the African Insurance Organisation with a focus on harmonising regulations and promoting cooperation among African insurance supervisors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dr Zakariah\u2019s election as the vice president is a significant recognition of Ghana\u2019s advancing expertise and leadership in the field of insurance regulation and supervision on the African continent.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
In her acceptance speech, she pledged to uphold the values of OAISA and work collaboratively to advance its objectives.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
She emphasised Ghana\u2019s continued dedication to fostering robust, inclusive, and well-supervised insurance markets that protected policyholders and contributed to economic stability.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis role is a testament to the collective progress of Ghana\u2019s insurance sector. I am committed to working with all member states to strengthen supervisory frameworks and enhance the competitiveness of Africa\u2019s insurance industry in the global landscape,\u201d Dr Zakariah stated.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The meeting also saw the election of Mr Issouf Traor\u00e9 of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire as the President of OAISA.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both Dr. Zakariah and Mr. Traor\u00e9 will serve a two-year term, which is renewable.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The week-long assembly convened insurance regulators from 24 African countries.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Key deliberations centred on harmonising supervisory standards, implementing risk-based supervision, and addressing emerging trends and challenges within the continent\u2019s insurance markets.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Participants reiterated the importance of a credible and unified regulatory approach for Africa.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The meeting also underscored the need for enhanced collaboration between Anglophone and Francophone member states to drive sustainable market growth and deeper regional integration within the sector.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Edited by Agnes Boye-Doe\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Jibril Abdul Mumuni Accra, Jan 13, GNA \u2013 Dr Abiba Zakariah, the Commissioner, National Insurance Commission (NIC),…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[909,106],"class_list":{"0":"post-20637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zimbabwe","8":"tag-greater-accra-region","9":"tag-zimbabwe"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}