“Can a 40-year-old pan-African reinsurer scale continental risk capacity by relocating capital to Botswana and going public?”
Continental Reinsurance is a 40-year-old pan-African composite reinsurer, not an embedded-finance operator. Founded 1985 in Nigeria, it has grown into one of Africa's largest private reinsurers with offices across 11 countries. In 2026 the group relocated its holding company to Botswana and opened a public offering on the Botswana Stock Exchange, marking a capital-markets pivot rather than a technology or embedded-finance one.
Continental Reinsurance's embedded insurance is provided by Continental Reinsurance Plc (in-house).
Continental Reinsurance is founded in 1985 and headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana (Group HQ); Lagos, Nigeria (Plc).
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