Social Finance Podcast - Episode 2 - COVID-19 and inclusive insurance, reflections from Kenya

This is the second episode of the ILO’s Social Finance Podcast on financial inclusion, impact insurance and sustainable investing. The podcast brings you insights from around the world, highlighting how financial services contribute to social and economic development. In Episode 2, we turn our attention to Eastern Africa for insights from Kenya. In a discussion between Lisa Morgan, Technical Officer at the ILO and Saurabh Sharma, General Manager of Britam Microinsurance, you can learn more about how inclusive insurers are dealing with and planning for the immediate and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. To all our listeners, this is your podcast! We want to cover the topics that interest you. Feel free to send us your ideas for future episodes and we will do what we can to include them. Email: socialfinance@ilo.org. This episode is also available on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/d9D-bbZ and iTunes: https://lnkd.in/dCJnmMv The transcript for this episode is available on the ILO website: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/documents/article/wcms_749043.pdf Background music: www.purple-planet.com For information about audio copyright and permissions see www.ilo.org/global/copyright/lang--en/index.htm.

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