Moody’s Talks – The Big Picture

How Africa Is Financing Its Future

Episode Summary

Sub-Saharan Africa needs a lot of investment to support its development, but high funding costs are a constraint. We’ll explore the drivers of these costs and steps three of the region’s largest economies – South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya – are taking to reduce their cost of capital.

Episode Notes

Sub-Saharan Africa needs a lot of investment to support its development, but high funding costs are a constraint. We’ll explore the drivers of these costs and steps three of the region’s largest economies – South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya – are taking to reduce their cost of capital.  

Host: Colin Ellis, Head of Centre for Credit Research, Moody’s Ratings 

Guests: Christian Fang, Vice President - Senior Analyst, Moody’s Ratings; Mik Kabeya, Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Moody’s Ratings 

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