This section highlights and analyses the main institutional investors on the continent, including the sources of capital and the size and depth of these various pools of capital.
Pension funds
Most retirement income in Africa is funded by its governments, but pension coverage on the continent remains low compared to the rest of the world.
The African insurance industry is largely underdeveloped when comparing it to the rest of the world, with its gross premiums written (GPW) accounting for 1.56% of global GPW.