Summit to relook at Africa risk premium and GDP calculations
Country risk rankings by ratings agencies need to be reviewed given the discrepancy between the assessment of African risk and reality
07 November 2023 - 05:00
Africa’s fiscal and debt crises, as well as the continent’s overloaded risk premium, will again be in the spotlight next week when finance ministers and central bank governors converge in Lomé, Togo, at the Africa Finance Industry Summit (AFIS).
The summit, hosted by the Jeune Afrique media group in partnership with the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), brings together influential stakeholders in the African economy and finance, including the IFC’s regional director for Southern Africa, Claudia Da Conceicao...
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