Oil Prices Collapse- And the Insurance Market Sees Red Flags Everywhere
Brent crude has slumped to $62.50 per barrel, down nearly 25% from early 2025 peaks and hovering at levels last seen in 2021. WTI trades below $60. The IEA projects oversupply of 3.1 million barrels per day in 2025...
Oil Price Collapse at $62: Why African Energy Insurance Is Entering a Hard Market Cycle
Risk Signal
Brent crude at $62.50 represents more than a pricing problem-it's a multi-line insurance stress test. African oil-dependent economies budgeted for $75-80 Brent, creating estimated $15-20 billion aggregate fiscal shortfalls across Nigeria, Angola, Gabon, and Chad. For underwriters, this...
Nigeria’s Power Subsidy Crisis: An Insurance and Reinsurance Risk Assessment
Payment Default Cascade Threatens Portfolio Stability
Nigeria's electricity subsidy regime has evolved from a fiscal policy challenge into a crystallized insurance risk event. Generation companies are owed approximately ₦4 trillion as of mid-2025, comprising ₦2 trillion for 2024 electricity supplied...
The Hidden Cost of Nigeria’s Power Subsidy
The Hidden Cost of Nigeria’s Power Subsidy
Category: Energy Risk | Analysis
Nigeria’s energy subsidy may appear as relief for citizens, but it quietly erodes investor confidence and insurance underwriting discipline. With rising global energy...
Beyond Oil: Africa’s Quiet Lithium Race
Beyond Oil: Africa’s Quiet Lithium Race
Category: Business Intelligence | Emerging Markets
While the world debates OPEC decisions, African economies are quietly positioning for the lithium revolution. From Zimbabwe to Nigeria, mining investors are waking...
The New Equation: Risk + Data = Growth in Africa’s Energy Transition
Africa holds 30% of global mineral reserves critical to the energy transition-including over 70% of global cobalt production from the Democratic Republic of Congo, substantial lithium deposits across Zimbabwe, DRC, and Mali, and significant graphite reserves in Mozambique.
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