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Why Your Credit Score Matters When Applying for Loan
The practice of sharing credit information among financial institutions was introduced to combat the high levels of Non-Performing Loans (NPLs)…
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Kenya Sets Date to Buy Back it’s Maturing $2 Billion Eurobond
Kenya has made an offer to buy back its $2 billion Eurobonds that will mature in June and revealed plans…
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Kenya Eyes Capital Markets to Repay $2 Billion Eurobond
Kenya is exploring the option of tapping the international capital markets to help fund the repayment of a $2 billion…
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Ivory Coast Raises $8 Billion in Oversubscribed $2.6 Billion Bond Offering
Ivory Coast has made comeback to the international bond market, issuing its first dollar bonds since 2017 and managed to…
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Egypt in Debt Crisis as Moody’s Cuts Outlook
Egypt is facing a deepening economic crisis as its credit outlook was downgraded by Moody’s and its currency plunged to…
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Kenya Urges Farmers to Repay Agriculture Loans as Defaults Surge
The Principal Secretary of Agriculture, Paul Rono, has urged farmers to repay their Agriculture Financing Loans to improve loan recovery,…
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Ethiopia Stops Servicing its Eurobond a Year Ahead of Maturity; Why?
The Ethiopian Government failed to make a $33 million coupon payment due (December 11, 2023) to bondholders, signaling a potential…
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Metropol Advocates for Structured Conversation on Credit Rating in Africa
Metropol Corporation Limited is spearheading a structured and high-level conversation about credit rating in Africa. This initiative comes as the…
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Metropol Credit Rating Agency Announces Webinar on Capital Raising and Pricing in Africa
Metropol is hosting a forthcoming webinar titled “Use of Ratings in Capital Raising and Pricing” on November 23, 2023, organized…
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Credit Rating in Africa
Ordinarily, it would not be necessary for a government or any other borrower to repeatedly announce that they have enough…
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