West African Insurance Institute - WAII

It's finally here! WAII Annual Graduation Ceremony for 2022 going Live in a few minutes!!! Visit our FACEBOOK page now!

WEST AFRICAN INSURANCE INSTITUTE

We take this opportunity to profusely thank the Governing Council, the Academic Board, Monitoring & Evaluation Committee of the Academic Board, WAII Faculty of Chief Examiners, Examiners & Lecturers and particularly all sponsoring companies and individuals for making the 2022 Academic Year a resounding success.

This year's graduation will also witness.the commissioning of the ACK Chapman visiting lecturers residence, a project of the WAII Society of Fellows and Alumni and which is fittingly named after the first Director of WAII, Late Mr. ACK Chapman.

Again we are eternally grateful to all the Corporate and individual sponsors.

It is a beautiful ending to what has been a very beautiful year.

CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🎉🎉🎉

The West African Insurance Institute hereby announces the Online Advance Diploma in Life Assurance Management Program commencing in June 2022.

The West African Insurance Institute is pleased to announce the Online Diploma in Law course commencing in May 2022.

The Vice Chairman of the Governing Council of WAII, Dr. Fatai K. Lawal and the Director General/Head of Mission, Mr. Frederick Bowen-John, on Thursday, February 10, 2022, formally presented the WAII Fellowship Award to Mr. Sunday O. Thomas, Commissioner for Insurance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in Abuja.
The Fellowship Award was earlier conferred on the CfI during the WAII Annual Graduation Ceremony 2021 in Banjul, The Gambia by the Governing Council of the Institute.
The WAII family heartily congratulates you sir!

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On behalf of the Governing Council, Academic Board and Management of WAII, we are pleased to announce that the annual Graduation Ceremony & Awards will be streamed LIVE on our page by 4 pm (GMT) on Friday, November 26, 2021.
We take this opportunity to thank the Council, Academic Board, sponsoring organisations/individuals and indeed all stakeholders for the successful completion of another academic year.
God bless you all richly.

WAII Management

WAII management treated students of the One Year full-time residential Diploma in Insurance course batch 2021 to a one-day trip to the serene AbCa's Creek Lodge. As classes resume next week for the second and final semester, we hope everyone is refreshed and ready for this final lap.
WAII takes this opportunity to again thank the Governing Council and Academic Board, and our partners such as the CII UK, CII Nigeria, sponsoring organisations and member countries for the support over the years!

Last Registration Call:
With just about one week to go, this is the final call for registration for this all-important seminar on the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) organized by WAII with facilitators from Ghana and Nigeria.

Contact us now at [email protected] or call the following numbers:

+220 3579994
+220 7063149
+220 3707110

The very popular WAII Insurance Foundation Certificate (IFC) Course now to go Virtual (Online)

To apply, go to www.waii-edu.org
Select 'APPLY ONLINE', then select 'CREATE ACCOUNT' to complete the Registration Process.

For further information, send an email to [email protected] OR call/whatsapp

+220 3579994, 3993971, 7063149

WAII organizes a 2-Day virtual Seminar on the IFRS

Date: 28 & 29 June 2021

9 a.m. daily

The WAII family on Wednesday 19 August 2020 held an internal Memorial Service in honour of the late student in the One Year Diploma Program 2020, Mr. Jesse Awimba Asumda, whose remains were repatriated to Ghana earlier same day. May his gentle soul rest in peace eternal. Amen!
The WAII Management again express their heartfelt condolences to the management and staff of SIC Life Company Ltd, Ghana, family, friends and members of the insurance fraternity in Ghana and the sub-region.

The Management and entire WAII family is pleased to announce the appointment of one of its worthy alumnus, Mr. Tala Ndze, as the Technical Manager at the African Insurers Association (AIO), Cameroon.
Mr. Ndze was the proud recipient of the 'WAII Student with the Highest Scholarstic Achievement Award' in the Diploma Class of 2014. The Award, which carries a cash prize of USD1,000 is sponsored annually by WAICA, Accra, Ghana.
Congratulation to a worthy ambassador!

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In fulfillment of his pledge, Alhaji Taofeek Adelekan, the Chairman, Priority Insurance Brokers Limited, Lagos, Nigeria on Tuesday February 18, 2020 handed over a cheque of One Million Naira to the DG, WAII as his contribution to the A.C.K. Chapman Visiting Lecturers Quarters to be constructed on the WAII Campus in Banjul, The Gambia.
The quarters, a WAII Alumni project, when completed will in addition to housing the visiting lecturers, also serve as a guest house thus boosting the Institute's revenue base.
Alhaji Adelekan is a pioneer student of WAII.
Management takes this opportunity to thank him for his commitment to the infrastructural development of WAII and calls on all Alumni to contribute to this worthy project which is estimated to cost US$75,000.

WAII, on Friday, February 7, 2020 in Monrovia, Liberia, awarded the Insurance Foundation Course Certificate to successful graduands at a colourful ceremony marking yet another milestone in her quest to continue to build capacity across the West African sub-region.
We take this opportunity to thank the Liberian Insurance industry, the Regulator, Central Bank of Liberia, the Coordinator and his team of Lecturers, sponsoring companies/families, CEOs and members of the insurance fraternity and well wishers for the support to WAII over the years.
We again renew our commitment to ensuring that our practitioners continue to remain abreast of the ever changing financial landscape.

The West African Insurance Institute continues to deliver on its mandate as it recently awarded over 50 students in Sierra Leone the Insurance Foundation Course Certificate in a ceremony well attended by families of the successful graduands, CEOs, the Regulator, Director General of WAII and well wishers.
The WAII management again wishes the graduands a successful professional insurance career.
We also thank the Sierra Leone Insurance Commission, the market Association, SLIA, CEOs, sponsors, the IFC Coordinator and his team as well as the ever committed Lecturers on the program.

The WAII Society of Fellows Annual Dinner 2019 held at the Mutual Benefits Assurance, Nigeria Hall of the WAII Complex, The Gambia on Thursday 5th December 2019 also witnessed the installation of the new President of the Society, Mr. Samuel Oware Mintah, MD/CEO, Insurance Company of Africa, Monrovia, Liberia.
Several dignitaries from across the West African sub-region were in attendance led by the Minister of Finance of The Gambia, Mr. Mambury Njie, who also doubles as the Chairman of the Governing Council of WAII.
Also present was the Vice Chairman of Council, Dr. Fatai Kayode Lawal from Nigeria, Council members and members of the Academic Board.
Management takes this opportunity to thank you all for your support through the years and for your demonstrated commitment to the proposed construction of a befitting Visiting Lecturers Quarters on the WAII Campus.
We enjoin all Alumni to join us in this project.

The 40th Batch of the WAII One Year Diploma students led by the Governor Daniel Ceesay and the Students Representate Council (SRC) members, recently handed over a renovated kitchen and upgraded facilities to the WAII Management.
WAII takes this opportunity to thank the 40th Batch for this wonderful gesture even as we look forward to their graduation ceremony scheduled for Friday, 6th December 2019 at 10 a.m. prompt on the beautiful WAII campus.

The much acclaimed WAII Enterprise Risk Management certificate course kicked off today at the Mutual Benefit Assurance Hall, WAII Campus, Banjul, this time at the Intermediate Level.
This Ministry-wide training for the Gambian Government is again enjoying technical support from the Commonwealth Secretariat and comes on the heels of the first in the series which took place in early 2019.
WAII takes this opportunity to thank our partners for the continuous support and confidence reposed in the Institute.

The WAII annual One Week specialized training in Claims Management held from 16th - 20th September 2019. It attracted participants from SIC Life Company Ghana and the National Insurance Commission of Ghana who joined others from The Gambia in the week long essential Continuous Professional Development (CPD) course.
Management takes this opportunity to thank all sponsor companies for their continuous support and confidence reposed in WAII.

The WAII-MICROFACT, Belgium 3-Day Training Workshop on Micro Insurance KPIs ended today, Wednesday 20 March 2019 having began on Monday 18 March 2019. The training was held in the Mutual Benefits Assurance Hall of the WAII Complex.

The 3-day international seminar on Enterprise Risk and Opportunity Management jointly hosted by WAII and FJP Development & Management Consultants, began today, 19 February 2019 at the Atlantic Hotel, Lumley, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

WAII today, 11 Feb 2019, awarded Foundations Certificate in Enterprise Risk Management to successful participants drawn from the Gambia Civil Service.
The ceremony was held at the Ministry of Finance & Economic Affairs, The Quadrangle, Banjul.
The 5-day training, with support from the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, held at the WAII Complex from 28 Feb to 1 Jan 2019 at the end of which participants had to pass the Foundations Certificate Assessment Test.
Our special thanks goes to the Government of the Gambia through the Internal Audit Directorate of the Ministry of Finance & Economic Affairs, and to the facilitators Dr Omodele Jones, CEO, FJP Development & Management Consultants and Mr. Monday Utomwen, Chief Risk Officer, WAICA Re.

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WAII 40th Anniversary Celebration & Annual Graduation Ceremony 2018 (5-7 December 2018)

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INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON ENTERPRISE RISK & OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT IN FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, NOW TO HOLD FROM 19 - 21 FEBRUARY 2019.
This postponement is occasioned by the FEEDBACK from Prospective Participants especially with regards to the Christmas and New Year Festivities. We look forward to beginning 2019 together in our capacity building drive. From all of us in the WAII family, we wish you Merry Christmas and a prosperous Continuous Professional Development New Year 2019.

West African Insurance Institute - WAII The sub-regional Insurance and Allied Courses professional Training Institute with full Diplomatic Status having its Main Campus in Banjul, The Gambia.

The WAII Insurance Foundation Certificate Course 2018 commences in Monrovia, Liberia with over 30 students. Applications for admission are still being submitted. Interested candidates are advised to avoid delay as lectures have started. Our special appreciation goes to the Stella Maris Polytechnic and Mr. Saye D. Gbalazeh, the Coordinator and his team. WAII remains committed to the dream of the Founding Fathers in equipping the insurance practitioners with the requisite skills necessary for an ever evolving insurance practice.

West African Insurance Institute - WAII

Date Change! This highly anticipated seminar is now to hold in December 2018

West African Insurance Institute - WAII The sub-regional Insurance and Allied Courses professional Training Institute with full Diplomatic Status having its Main Campus in Banjul, The Gambia.

A 2-day Training on Insurance Marketing which held in the Africa Re Hall, WAII, The Gambia ended today with Mr. Obinna Charles Chilekezi (Nigeria) as Facilitator.
Next stop is Freetown, Sierra Leone where WAII will host the International Seminar on Enterprise Risk & Opportunity Management, in collaboration with FJP Development & Management Consultants from 18-20 December 2018. Mark these dates in your calendars.