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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Last year, the Technical Committee of Finance Ministers of the African Union adopted a declaration of support for the African Credit Rating Agency (CRA) on the basis of self-financing and sustainability. In April, the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the African Peer Review Mechanism organized a retreat in Zambia on the creation of the CRA.<\/p>\n

The creation of a continental credit rating agency by the African Union (AU) is \u201chistoric,\u201d as the existing system for assessing the creditworthiness of countries is \u201cflawed\u201d and \u201cunfair\u201d and thus negatively impacted the growth of African countries, Etsehiwot Negash Kebret, Development Finance Advisor at Development Reimagined consultancy told.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe AU\u2019s decision to establish an African CRA is historic, and this move was made by the AU, as African countries have continuously received unfair credit ratings as a result of a very biased and a very flawed system. This system has had a negative impact on the growth and development of African nations,\u201d the expert said.<\/p>\n

Kebret explained that international CRAs use variables such as a country\u2019s export composition and concentration, inflation rate, a country\u2019s history of defaults and its level of economic development, which inevitably puts African countries at a disadvantage and therefore makes financing more expensive for these countries, and also creates the impression that that investing in African countries is risky. Moreover, 22 African states (that is, 40% of all countries on the continent) don\u2019t even have any credit ratings.<\/p>\n

Thus, the African CRA can help \u201cshape the narrative around risk and investment,\u201d thereby helping to increase investor confidence and unlock greater funding volumes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese ratings mostly affect external perception on the risk of investing in African countries. This is referred to as the African risk premium. Having our own CRA means that we can shape the narrative around risk and investment, and this will ultimately promote greater investor confidence and open up larger amounts of financing that will enable African governments\u2019 greater access to capital and integrate the continent within the larger global financial system,\u201d the advisor pondered.<\/p>\n

However, despite the fact that the AU has developed \u201ca solid framework\u201d for the agency establishment, there\u2019s still quite some work to be done that might be hindered by a \u201cpushback from well-established agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, we still have a long way to go to make this operational and to start seeing the fruits of this initiative. And as with many new initiatives that sort of challenge the status quo, I would expect some pushback from well-established agencies. But that should be something that is expected and something we prepare for, and we should not allow that to deter us from work,\u201d Kebret warned.<\/p>\n

Lastly, the expert outlined the positive impact of the agency on the financial stability of both the continent and the individual countries, which consists of obtaining more financing and easier debt servicing, among other things.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember that Africa as a whole is the eighth-largest economy in the world. This will mean that African countries will have access to not only more finance but also cheaper finance, and that will enable countries to easily service their debt and also put that money in growth-producing sectors that will have a positive impact on their individual economies, but also the continent as a whole, which will create stability, and help the continent achieve Agenda 2063,\u201d the guest concluded.<\/p>\n

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