A microinsurance advisor and broker company is looking for a Board member with extensive experience in (micro)insurance and ideally with knowledge of the West African economic community.

The company has offices in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal and the Board member should be proficient in French and available for regular travel to the company's headquarters in Paris, France.

The term is typically limited to three years.

The deadline to apply is 30 October 2018.

The ILO's Impact Insurance Facility is helping the digitisation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana. By providing the initial funding, technical assistance and project management support, as well as conceptualising technological solutions, the Facility has enabled the piloting of a system that allows customer to use simple mobile phones or smartphones to renew their membership to the NHIS.

FIDES, the Federación Interamericana de Empresas de Seguros (Inter-American Federation of Insurance Companies) has been a member of the MiN since 2014, representing national insurance associations from 18 countries across Latin America and Spain. We sat down to speak with FIDES’ new Secretary-General Francisco Astelarra.

MiN: How does FIDES support and promote inclusive insurance?

Long-standing Network member Oikocredit has recently shared its latest success story - the expansion of its risk management programme - thanks in large part to fellow member ADA.

During the course of ADA's 2017 African Microfinance Week (SAM) in Ethiopia, Oikocredit representatives spoke with ICCO Cooperation, who advised them to go into the Burkina Faso market with their programme. Furthermore, Mali and Senegal are also held as prime target countries for expansion of the programme.