Credit Ratings

JOHANNESBERG, June 8 – Fitch Ratings has upgraded South Africa’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings to BB from BB-, …

ACCRA, June 4 – Ghana has set a target to regain an investment-grade credit rating within the next three years as the …

KINSHASA, May 28 – Moody’s Ratings has revised the Republic of Congo’s outlook to “positive” from “stable,” pointing to easing short term …

JOHANNESBURG, May 23 – South Africa received a boost to investor sentiment after Moody’s Ratings revised the country’s outlook to positive from …

LAGOS, May 16 – Credit rating agency, S&P Global Ratings upgraded Nigeria’s long-term sovereign credit rating to B from B- on Friday, …

ACCRA, May 9 – Fitch Ratings upgraded Ghana’s sovereign credit rating to “B” from “B-” on Friday, citing stronger fiscal consolidation, improving …

JOHANNESBURG, April 30 – Credit rating agency Moody’s has relinquished the regulatory licence of its South African subsidiary as part of a …

CAIRO, April 27 – S&P Global Ratings says Africa’s improving sovereign credit outlook is now under pressure from the economic fallout of …

ACCRA, April 11 – Credit rating agency Moody’s has revised Ghana’s outlook to positive from stable, pointing to improving fiscal conditions as …

CAIRO, April 6 – Moody’s Ratings has maintained Egypt’s long-term sovereign credit rating at Caa1, while retaining a positive outlook, pointing to …