{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_2e7vaw3vxlvzpieq5hmq","title":"AfDB to help African states prepare for credit ratings as continental agency launch nears","title_en":null,"outlets":6,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/afdb-moves-to-help-african-countries-improve-credit-ratings-cut-2e7vaw3vxl","count":6,"items":[{"id":"n_oppnas5agqgtmox2oriq","seq":1452546,"kind":"article","title":"AfDB to help African states prepare for credit ratings as continental agency launch nears","url":"https://www.intellinews.com/afdb-to-help-african-states-prepare-for-credit-ratings-as-continental-agency-launch-nears-473056","summary":"Credit: AU Ahead of the AU-backed Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) launch on October 7, AfDB President Sidi Ould Tah outlined an initiative to help African governments prepare.","published":"2026-10-02T13:00:29Z","seen":"2026-10-03T00:15:19Z","lang":"mk","country":"MK","source":{"id":"kite-bne-eu-f925f2","name":"bne.eu","domain":"bne.eu"},"via":"kite-bne-eu-f925f2","authors":["bne IntelliNews"],"entities":[{"id":"Q732004","name":"Adult Film Database","type":"org"}],"image":"https://d39raawggeifpx.cloudfront.net/styles/16_9_desktop/s3/articleimages/African_Union_flag_Cropped_2_1790946151.jpg","story":"st_2e7vaw3vxlvzpieq5hmq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.8100000023841858,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.2800000011920929,"political":0.5299999713897705},{"id":"n_o5xfkf3l5bdwq6cbuu6a","seq":1317654,"kind":"article","title":"AfDB Moves To Cut Africa’s Borrowing Costs Through Better Credit Ratings","url":"https://thenews-chronicle.com/afdb-moves-to-cut-africas-borrowing-costs-through-better-credit-ratings","summary":"The most recent news from Nigeria and across the world is available at The News Chronicle. The News Chronicle provides the most recent headlines, commentary, and political news. A new initiative is being launched by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to assist the continent’s countries to improve their sovereign credit rating and subsequently bring down borrowing costs. AfDB President Sidi Ould Tah stated at the S&P Emerging Markets Conference in London that poor data, lack…","published":"2026-10-02T09:41:00Z","seen":"2026-10-02T10:09:39Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-thenews-chronicle-com-d8cd29","name":"thenews-chronicle.com","domain":"thenews-chronicle.com"},"via":"kite-thenews-chronicle-com-d8cd29","topics":["business","afdb"],"authors":["Ken Ibenne"],"entities":[{"id":"Q732004","name":"Adult Film Database","type":"org"}],"story":"st_2e7vaw3vxlvzpieq5hmq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.8899999856948853,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.6000000238418579,"political":0.6700000166893005},{"id":"n_xu65zzevijgfkhbfjxla","seq":1311349,"kind":"article","title":"AfDB to help African countries improve credit ratings, cut borrowing costs","url":"https://businessday.ng/africa/article/afdb-to-help-african-countries-improve-credit-ratings-cut-borrowing-costs","summary":"The African Development Bank will launch an initiative to help African countries improve their credit ratings by strengthening data, transparency read more AfDB to help African countries improve credit ratings, cut borrowing costs","published":"2026-10-02T09:01:16Z","seen":"2026-10-02T09:42:32Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-businessday-ng-9308ed","name":"businessday.ng","domain":"businessday.ng","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q16733394","name":"Business Day","type":"newspaper","country":"NG","designations":["business newspaper","classified advertising","daily newspaper","organization"]}},"via":"kite-businessday-ng-9308ed","topics":["africa","afdb","bdothernews"],"authors":["Faith Omoboye"],"entities":[{"id":"Q732004","name":"Adult Film Database","type":"org"}],"story":"st_2e7vaw3vxlvzpieq5hmq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.8899999856948853,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.6200000047683716,"political":0.6600000262260437},{"id":"n_bdjwl7mzieuigj7otq6q","seq":1302741,"kind":"article","title":"AfDB moves to cut African borrowing costs","url":"https://dailytrust.com/afdb-moves-to-cut-african-borrowing-costs","published":"2026-10-02T09:00:00Z","seen":"2026-10-02T09:00:36Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"dailytrust.com","name":"dailytrust.com","domain":"dailytrust.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q106181847","name":"Daily Trust","type":"newspaper","country":"NG","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"gdelt-gkg-english","topics":["business","economy"],"entities":[{"id":"Q732004","name":"Adult Film Database","type":"org"}],"story":"st_2e7vaw3vxlvzpieq5hmq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.9100000262260437,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.27000001072883606,"political":0.8399999737739563},{"id":"n_lztb7e6xr2ojunnvxinq","seq":1161936,"kind":"article","title":"AfDB to launch effort to help African countries manage credit ratings, president says","url":"https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/afdb-to-launch-effort-to-help-african-countries-manage-credit-ratings-president-says","published":"2026-10-01T13:51:00Z","seen":"2026-10-01T15:31:47Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"cnbcafrica.com","name":"cnbcafrica.com","domain":"cnbcafrica.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q4259574","name":"CNBC Africa","type":"broadcaster","country":"ZA","designations":["television station"]}},"via":"gdelt-gkg-english","topics":["business","economy"],"entities":[{"id":"Q732004","name":"Adult Film Database","type":"org"}],"story":"st_2e7vaw3vxlvzpieq5hmq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.6100000143051147,"category2":"politics","sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.20999999344348907,"political":0.8700000047683716},{"id":"n_2e7vaw3vxlvzpieq5hmq","seq":1149314,"kind":"article","title":"AfDB moves to help African countries improve credit ratings, cut borrowing costs","url":"https://nairametrics.com/2026/10/01/afdb-moves-to-help-african-countries-improve-credit-ratings-cut-borrowing-costs","summary":"The African Development Bank (AfDB) will launch an initiative to help African countries better prepare for sovereign credit ratings by improving the quality of economic data and transparency, AfDB President Sidi Ould Tah said on Thursday. 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