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L-R: Oracle MEA Official; Mr. Emeka Akwiwu, Group Executive Director, Continental Reinsurance Plc; Ms Liz Booth, Managing Editor, Africa Ahead and other participants at the IFRS 17 Roundtable organised by Oracle MEA in collaboration with Africa Ahead in Lagos recently.

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