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Fitch warns that rising government debt levels and international interest rates heighten the risk of credit rating downgrades in at least 10 African countries, Kenya included. www.theexchange.africa

Ghana, Kenya top Fitch list for possible credit rating downgrades

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Fitch has added that the impossibility to borrow on international capital markets has triggered further downgrades in the credit ratings of the Sub-Saharan countries.

Angola and Gabon have witnessed their credit ratings upgraded in recent months. The upward trend refers to the surge in oil prices globally, which has boosted the finances of the two countries.

Several countries projects to experience rapid economic growth as the tourism industry recovers from the pressure exerted by the COVID-19 pandemic and more mineral sources continue to be discovered in the continent.…