Rating Agencies
South Africa’s Credit Rating Has Been Cut To Junk Status
South Africa's credit rating has been cut to junk status by the ratings agency S&P Global. The agency said that...
S&P Cuts South Africa’s Credit Rating To ‘junk’
Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's downgraded South Africa's rating to junk status on Monday, as the country's...
Ivory Coast Plays Blame Game For Cocoa Crisis In Top Producer
Ivory Coast’s cocoa regulator pointed to speculators and prospects for a glut as the reason for a slump in futures...
Rand Falls Further As Concern Mounts
Worries over the health of South Africa's economy continued on Monday, as comments by the new finance minister failed...
South Africa Rand Sinks Further Amid Concern About Credit Downgrade
Worries over the health of South Africa's economy continued on Monday, as comments by the new finance minister failed...
Fitch Backs Government’s Growth Target
Ghana's economy is expected to grow by 6.3 per cent in 2017, compared to 3.8 per cent growth rate realised in 2016,...
Ghana’s Deficit Highlights Downside Fiscal Risks – Fitch
Credit Ratings Agency – Fitch – has said Ghana's disclosure of $1.6billion unreported expenditure and the resulting...
Ghana’s Economy Faces Further Downgrade As Debt Hit GHS122billion
An economist, Courage Kinsley Martey, is warning Ghana’s economy is likely to be downgraded further by international...
Ghana’s Economy Faces Further Downgrade As Debt Hit GHC122billion
An economist, Courage Kinsley Martey, is warning Ghana’s economy is likely to be downgraded further by international...
China’s Huge Debt Poses Big Headache For Central Bank
Chinese banks lent more money in January alone than the annual GDP of South Africa, as borrowers rushed to take...
Ghana’s Inflation To Decline
Inflation will continue to fall in Ghana in 2017, following several years of extraordinarily high price growth, Fitch...
Oil To End Year At US$57
All things being equal, fuel prices will not travel beyond 15 percent increase in 2017, some industry analysts...
In Ghana, Post-Election Fiscal Crunch Is Politics As Normal
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has taken power with ambitious plans to revive once spectacular economic growth, only...
U.S. Small Business Borrowing Rose Slightly In December
Small U. S. firms borrowed slightly more in December than in the prior month, data released on Wednesday showed, but...
Ghana Risks Downgrade By Rating Agencies
Ghana might record a possible downgrade by credit rating agencies during their periodic assessments of economies in...
Fitch Downgrades Nigeria’s Long-Term Rating
Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded the outlook on Nigeria’s long-term debt to B+ following concerns on the west...
MTN 4stye Music Video Awards 2016
4syteTV celebrated unique Ghanaian talents at the 2016 MTN 4syte Music Video Awards. The event which was held at the...
Some of Africa’s Currencies Struggled In 2016
From a fall in Zambia’s Kwacha blamed on halted mining production to a plummet of Nigeria’s naira due to a chronic...
Investors Wipe $6.6 Billion Off Toshiba’s Market Value
Toshiba's dreams of becoming a nuclear energy leader have turned into a nightmare. Rattled investors have wiped $6.6...