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Oct 14, 2026
Dan BanikHOST
Thirdly, the finance architecture is going to be very crucial.
Dan BanikHOST
Just last week, the African Credit Rating Agency was launched in Port Louis.
Dan BanikHOST
For decades, African countries have complained about how unfair the established credit rating systems are.
Dan BanikHOST
or have been, which made it very difficult and expensive for them to borrow money.
Marcus CourageHOST
And then, of course, you were referring to the African Credit Ratings Agency.
Marcus CourageHOST
You and I are speaking just on the eve of the launch of that agency in Port Louis, just at the, uh, um, very soon, and we'll have a colleague there, Richard Kiplagat, for that launch.
Marcus CourageHOST
It is a seminal moment, and it, I'm pleased to hear you speak about the importance of having, you know, alternative frameworks to assess risk.
Marcus CourageHOST
I wonder, have you spoken to the African Credit Ratings Agency? Are they drawing on some of the methodology that, that you're proposing, your four steps and four transmission channels?
Marcus CourageHOST
... a good note on to end.
Marcus CourageHOST
There's a shout-out for you, Mishek, if you're listening, and to Dr. Mc- McBride.
Marcus CourageHOST
We take our hats off to you, and for the, the resolve and the resilience you've shown in bringing this, this new African agency to the market as you will do, um, very shortly in, in Port Louis.
Marcus CourageHOST
I should state that APRM are a, a founding member of Financing Africa Forward, the initiative I referred to at the outset, the collective that draws together multi-sector actors to address this cost of capital and this development tax that I, I referred to at the outset.
JamuhuriHOST
Staying on the African continent, on Wednesday, the African Union announced it will launch the continent's first credit rating agency, seeking to provide an alternative to the big three global rating agencies as debt burdens weigh on many African economies.
JamuhuriHOST
The launch of the Africa Credit Rating Agency will take place in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius, where the agency will be based.
JamuhuriHOST
The project has been nearly a decade in the making, with African leaders endorsing its creation in 2018.
JamuhuriHOST
The African Union said in a statement that Africa Credit Rating Agency will complement existing global rating agencies by offering a perspective rooted in African data, expertise and realities.
Jennifer ZabasajjaHOST
And Africa's new homegrown rating agency must convince investors that it won't be prone to local bias as it opens its doors for business.
Jennifer ZabasajjaHOST
Launched on Wednesday in Balaclava, just north of the Mauritian capital of Port Louis, the African Credit Rating Agency is a continental initiative to provide alternative assessments of repayment risk.
Jennifer ZabasajjaHOST
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Jennifer ZabasajjaHOST
We'll put a link to that in the show notes.
Scott WallaceHOST
Yeah, that's right, Alex.
Scott WallaceHOST
The African Union launched the Africa Credit Rating Agency at a ceremony in Port Louis, Mauritius.
Scott WallaceHOST
The agency will be based there.
Scott WallaceHOST
It came eight years after African leaders endorsed the project in 2018.
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Donc demain, cet aspect de sa vie, plus beaucoup d'autres aspects encore pour développer par, euh, par certaines personnes dans une conférence qui nous peut organiser, que tous les Mauriciens, bien sûr, ils sont welcome.
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Et, et c'est à la mairie de Port-Louis à partir de six heures.
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De six heures à sept heures demain.
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The signing of the agreements comes as Rwanda, Senegal, and several other African countries try to strengthen trade among themselves after the traditional trade partners such as the European Union and the United States of America try to close their markets to goods from Africa by imposing high taxes.
speaker_1HOST
The African Peer Review Mechanism, together with its strategic partners, launched on Wednesday the Africa Credit Rating Agency in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius.
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The Africa Credit Rating Agency is an African Union initiative established to strengthen Africa's presence in the global credit ratings landscape.
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The agency will provide information that will help to understand better African economies, markets, and local context to credit assessments.
Deborah AdosoHOST
And to some global updates, the African Union launched the continent first credit rating agency on Wednesday, seeking to provide alternative to the big three global rating agencies as debt burden weighs on many African economies.
Deborah AdosoHOST
The Africa Credit Rating Agency, the creation of which African leaders endorsed in twenty eighteen, was launched at a ceremony in Port Louis, the capital of Mau-Mauritius, where it will be based, attended by African officials.
Deborah AdosoHOST
The new agency will help investors better assess Africa's investment risk by providing more information and context.
Deborah AdosoHOST
Executive Vice President of Afreximbank, one of the agency's backers, said African leaders have long accused Western rating agencies, including S&P, Moody's, and Fintech, of failing to fairly assess the risk of lending and also lending to African countries and of moving to downgrade them during crises such as conflict and pandemics.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
The Chagossian diaspora is split.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
The majority live in Mauritius, around Port Louis, with smaller communities in the Seychelles and several thousand in the UK.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
The Chagos Refugees Group, led by Olivier Boncourt, supports the UK-Mauritius deal.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
The UK-based Chagossians are more divided on it.
Marie Antoinette Rose CatreGUEST
about them assessing member states, but not really interested to set up offices in our African capitals.
Marie Antoinette Rose CatreGUEST
So AFGRA, the primary jurisdiction is Port Louis-Mauritius, but there'll be, of course, secondary jurisdictions across different regions of the continent.
Jimmy MoyahaHOST
Ensuring that Africa's creditworthiness is representative of its financial architecture and the growing financial stability of the African continent, the African Peer Review Mechanism alongside the African Union this week set to launch the Africa Credit Ratings Agency in Mauritius.
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