On the menu of the monthly Financial Afrik from February 15 to March 14, 2020, on newsstands and in distribution during the FANAF meetings taking place in Libreville next week, a big zoom on the insurance sector: mergers and acquisitions, major claims, litigation reinsurance. 2019 was an eventful year. Spectacular operations that testify to the internal dynamics of a sector with an important social mission but not very profitable compared to banks.

Also in this issue, the two candidates for the presidency of FANAF give us the salient aspects of their programs.

-For its part, the specialized firm Finactu exposes on African life insurance, forced to make its revolution to face an environment of low interest rates.

-Edoh Kossi AMENOUNVE, CEO of the BRVM, financier of the year, explains to us in an exclusive interview the internal dynamics of the BRVM: "it's the beginning of the trend reversal".

Newly promoted, Serge GBOTTA, Managing Director of LafargeHolcim CI, talks about the prospects for his sector and his company.

Columns and editorials
–Anouar Hassoune, CEO of the rating agency Wara, discusses the issue of country risk, its depth, its measurement, its determinants and its implications.

–Kwame Senou, Founder and Vice-President of Opinion & Public, outlines the major issues of the decade.

– Criminology expert Pierre Delval addresses one of the most current topics for developed and developing countries. Democracy: end of reign or mutation?

-Our editorial by Adama Wade looks back on the paradoxical African economy: growth without development

-See also the sustainable development supplement developed by our partner Vivafrik, the leading sustainable development magazine in Africa.