Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Metropole Uganda (Ltd), a credit reference bureau services provider, is set to unveil an online service that will enable borrowers check their credit ratings via mobile phones. Credit rating reports normally profiles borrowers and their abilities to pay back debt and are therefore used …
Read More »Fears BOU could fail to hit private sector credit target for last quarter
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Bank of Uganda is pessimistic about growth in private sector credit for the last quarter of this financial year. This is the latest bad news suggesting the country is yet to achieve desired economic growth of over 7%. “We are not likely to achieve …
Read More »TS&P cuts South Africa’s credit rating to ‘junk’
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s downgraded South Africa’s rating to junk status on Monday, as the country’s currency continued to slide following a controversial cabinet shuffle. “The executive changes initiated by President Zuma have put at risk fiscal and growth outcomes,” S&P said …
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