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Intelligence Africa (IA) is a quick reference guide to African credit risk.

This fully automated tool provides timely credit insights on over 50 African countries and over 600 African financial institutions through:

Credit risk commentaries

Credit risk rankings

Graphical comparisons of key credit risk factors

Users are also able to speak directly to our Chief Data Officer for further insights behind the data.

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Our algorithms provide automated credit risk insights by pulling data from various sources

Our algorithms provide automated credit risk insights by pulling data from various sources

For banks, key credit risk data is scrubbed for outliers and then scored. Banks are then ranked using both their solvency and liquidity profiles. No subjective adjustments are made to the scores or the final ranking. 

Our algorithms provide automated credit risk insights by pulling data from various sources

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Our Analysts

Dr Rita Babihuga-Nsanze
Dr Rita Babihuga-Nsanze
<p>Dr Babihuga-Nsanze is Chief Economist at the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). She has two decades covering frontier and advanced markets. </p><p> She was a director at Barclays Investment Bank, UK, where she led Sub Saharan Africa macro research. </p><p>She also held the position of Vice President at Moody's Investors Service, focusing on sovereign credit ratings in Sub-Saharan Africa. She holds degrees in Economics from Smith College, USA, and a PhD in Economics from Clark University, USA.</p>
Akintunde Majekodunmi, CFA, MSc, BA
Akintunde Majekodunmi, CFA, MSc, BA
<p> Akintunde is the CEO of Global Credit Rating Company Ltd, Nigeria (GCR). Prior to GCR, he was a vice president at Moody’s Investors Service, UK, focusing on African credit risk and has also held senior analytical positions at HSBC Investment Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and UniCredit Bank AG. </p><p> Akintunde is a CFA charterholder, member of British Mensa and has a BA in Economics from Leeds University Business School and an MSc in Management from Cass Business School.</p>
Abiola Rasaq
Abiola Rasaq
<p>Abiola heads the corporate strategy unit of CSCS Plc, Nigeria’s central securities depository. Prior to CSCS Plc, Abiola was Chief Economist for UBA Group.</p><p>Abiola has hands-on experience in financial modelling and a deep understanding of Africa's economies and markets.</p><p>He has a first class degree in economics and is an award winner of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria and a Level 3 candidate of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program.</p>