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 [...]
Stress Testing the 2026 Budget
Nigeria’s 2026 budget relies on the assumption that inflation will continue to moderate and that oil prices will remain relatively stable. These factors [...]
SEC New Capital Requirements: CMOs Upbeat
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has unveiled a sweeping revision of minimum capital requirements for regulated capital market entities, marking one of [...]