How SMEDAN Can Leverage Credit Rating For SMEs Financing
For many of Nigeria’s over 40 million Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), the biggest hurdle is not ambition or innovation—it is access [...]
Andrew Carnegie’s Vision on Leadership & Governance
Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish-American industrialist who built one of the largest steel empires of the 19th century, provides a compelling example of how [...]
Do First Quarter Results Matter in Credit Ratings?
For companies, first-quarter financial results provide the earliest publicly available snapshot of performance for the year. Investors, lenders, and credit analysts pay attention [...]
Nigeria Set for Factoring Finance Revolution
Nigeria’s small businesses may be on the verge of a financing breakthrough. After years of delayed payments and weak cash flow, the Senate’s [...]
Tinubu Calls for Africa’s own Credit Rating Agency
President Bola Tinubu has called for the establishment of an Africa-owned credit rating agency to counter what he described as the persistent mispricing [...]
Experts Examine Africa’s Rating Risk Gaps
A recent expert panel convened by the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) spotlighted critical challenges and opportunities in the continent’s credit rating [...]