AfCRA - The Habari Network

African map overlaid with financial growth charts, symbolizing the African credit rating agency AfCRA and Africa's capital markets

Africa Is About to Rate Africa. The Real Question Is What That Changes.

A new African credit rating agency launches this fall. Its success will be measured not by the ratings it issues, but by whether Africa's own capital...

Infographic illustrating Africa’s colonial-era infrastructure design for extraction, fragmented markets, and the need for an African Credit Rating Agency to reduce sovereign debt uncertainty.

Opinion6 months ago

The Inheritance Problem: Africa Is Not Broken – Its Systems Were Built That Way

What the continent calls "development challenges" are, in many cases, the predictable outputs of infrastructure designed for extraction, not integration.

The $75 Billion Question: Why Is Africa Penalized for Capital?

Opinion6 months ago

The $75 Billion Question: Why Is Africa Penalized for Capital?

Why the world's fastest-growing continent pays the highest price to borrow - and what it is doing about it.

Illustration of the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) symbolizing Africa’s financial sovereignty and independent credit ratings for African nations and businesses.

Opinion8 months ago

A New Financial Voice: How the Africa Credit Rating Agency Forges Economic Sovereignty

By Wavinya Makai The African Union’s support for the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) is one of the most consequential developments in Africa’s financial history, even...