Africa: Africa's New Credit Agency - Why It's About a Lot More Than Just Ratings
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Mon, 5 October 2026
3 reports- AllAfrica04:46first to report
[The Conversation Africa] The new Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) has already generated an important debate. Some analysts have portrayed it as a rival to the three established global rating agencies - Fitch, Moody's and S&P Global. Others have questioned whether Africa needs another rating agency at all.
- AllAfrica04:46
[The Conversation Africa] The formal launch of the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) has required considerable institutional commitment. It brings to fruition an effort that has been almost a decade in the making.
- polity.org.za08:59
The formal launch of the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) has required considerable institutional commitment. It brings to fruition an effort that has been almost a decade in the making. In 2017, the African Union gave the African Peer Review Mechanism a mandate to support member states in the field of credit rating agencies. By 2019, African institutions were examining the feasibility of creating an agency of their own. Feasibility and design work followed, then political endorsement of a...
Wed, 7 October 2026
2 reports- news.az05:00
The launch of the Africa Credit Rating Agency will take place in Port Louis, capital of Mauritius, where the agency will be based. The project has bee...
- bne IntelliNews07:40
Credit: bne IntelliNews The Africa Credit Rating Agency is due to launch in Mauritius on October 7, offering an African alternative to Moody’s, S&P and Fitch.
Thu, 8 October 2026
5 reports- El País (Spain)03:30
El objetivo de la Agencia de Calificación Crediticia de África (AfCRA) es ofrecer valoraciones alternativas a las de las ‘Big Three’ que controlan el 95% del mercado global, a las que acusan de sobreestimar el riesgo real del continente
- AllAfrica04:08
[RFI] The African Union is launching the continent's first credit rating agency on Wednesday, aiming to provide an alternative to the global "big three" by drawing on African expertise and perspectives.
- Le Monde (France)10:27
L’agence, inaugurée mercredi 7 octobre à l’île Maurice, répond à une attente ancienne des milieux d’affaires africains, qui se considèrent comme défavorisés par les agences de notation occidentales. Ces dernières, en insistant sur les risques de défaut de paiement, les obligent à emprunter plus cher.
- El Pais English12:27
The AfCRA aims to provide an alternative to the Big Three firms that dominate the market and which African leaders accuse of overstating the region’s risk
- Anadolu Agency (AA)15:30
AfCRA aims to improve credit risk assessments using African data and expertise, strengthen access to financing
Fri, 9 October 2026
2 reports- bne IntelliNews06:41
Credit: AfCRA The AU has appointed South African ratings executive Sifiso Falala to lead AfCRA as the new agency prepares its first sovereign and corporate ratings.
- bne IntelliNews06:53
Credit: bne IntelliNews The AU convened development finance institutions and policymakers in Mauritius on October 8 to examine ways of reducing Africa’s borrowing costs, a day after launching its new credit rating agency.