Latest COMESA region news

• Standard & Poor’s (S&P) raises Rwanda’s credit rating

  01 Sep 2019

  Standard & Poor’s (S&P), an international financial services company, has upgraded Rwanda’s rating from a flat “B” to “B+” thereby boosting investor confidence in the country.

  
  

• Ethiopia to Open Banks for Ethiopian Investors in the Diaspora

  01 Sep 2019

  The government of Ethiopia recently passed a law that will enable Ethiopian in other parts of the world to invest in the country’s financial services industry. Quartz Africa reports that this move will open up the country’s industry which has been dominated by state-owned institutions.