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Business Growth in Africa
A world of opportunity awaits enterprising organizations in this promising emerging market

Lions and lines. In the Western world, the mere mention of the word "Africa" conjures up two enduring images: lions, as in beasts roaming an unspoiled savannah; and lines, unending queues of silent, starving people,...

Case Studies
Global Publisher Reed Elsevier Turns to Aon for Efficient Risk Management Solutions
The leading global publisher takes an action-oriented, scientific approach using RiskConsole
Just as astronomers tell us that our universe is expanding, the same can be said of risk profiles for companies in all industries. Take Reed Elsevier, a large global publisher of science and health information, for example...
Aon and Borusan Holding Partner to Manage the Company's Complex Risks
A chance meeting at a conference booth leads to a valued partnership
A fast-growing company in Turkey is taking its risk management program to a new standard through its partnership with a global Aon team. Ferhan Guzey and Firdevs Colak, the risk management team of Istanbul, Turkey-based...
Technology
Aon's WorldAware Solutions Enhances Travel Security
The program offers a broad scope of services—ranging from a mobile app to an around-the-clock operations center ready to intercede on your behalf
Traveling in foreign countries is often an uncertain proposition, with the unknown far outweighing the familiar. It was with this in mind that Aon's Crisis Management team developed WorldAware Solutions, essentially the next...
Organization Management
Expanding in Africa: The staffing risks
Awareness of people risk is the first step to overcoming obstacles
Hiring and retaining the highest-caliber employees poses challenges for any employer. That's especially true for Western companies with plans to expand in Africa.
Risk Management
East Africa: The Core of the Continent's Growth
Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi comprise the next possible regional powerhouse
While many Western countries have been suffering through a deep and ongoing recession, an untold success story has quietly been playing out elsewhere across the globe. The economies of East Africa—particularly Rwanda, Kenya...
Reputation Management: How's Your Brand Holding Up?
Follow this advice to ensure it stands strong in the age of texts, tweets, blogs and posts
A mere 140 characters. That's all it takes to damage a brand's reputation these days. One tweet—or one Facebook posting or streamed homemade video or blog tirade—and countless hours of meticulous brand crafting, strategy,...
Catastrophe Modeling Takes the Sting Out of Long-Term Risk Management
Natural and human disasters are a regular part of life—and business. Catastrophe modeling offers lessons from these tumultuous events
It seems that hardly a day goes by without some type of disaster in some part of the world. Over the past two years, the scope and magnitude of these events has been astounding. There have been massive earthquakes in Haiti,...
Rwanda: an African Success
The country's remarkable growth and development offers a road map to progress for neighboring nations
No country epitomizes the changes in Africa more than Rwanda. It has embraced major political and economic reforms. The World Bank now rates the country as one of the world's 10 most-improved economies. Agriculture is...