DataPro webinar: ‎Global finance experts to weigh in on Africa’s rating path‎

‎A rare convergence of public finance, governance, and credit rating experts is set to headline DataPro’s October 8 webinar, Confiance News gathered.
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‎Confiance News has learned that DataPro will host the 6th International Rating Webinar on October 8, bringing together a panel of global finance experts to examine Africa’s roadmap to investment grade status, exactly 30 days from now.
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‎Sovereign rating conversation to headline virtual summit
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‎The virtual event, themed “Sovereign Credit Rating: Africa’s Roadmap to Investment Grade Status,” will address what organisers describe as a defining issue for the continent amid recent shifts in sovereign ratings and a growing push for structural economic reforms.
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‎It was learned that the webinar comes at a time when understanding how to navigate global capital markets has moved from being optional to essential for Africa’s long-term growth.
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‎Panel to explore debt sustainability, policy reform
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‎Confiance News understands that the session will convene experts spanning public finance, institutional governance, macroeconomics, and global credit rating architecture, who are expected to deliver actionable insights on debt sustainability and policy reform.
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‎It was gathered that the panel will feature Oluwakemi Babalogbon, Executive Director, Risk Management at MOFI, alongside Dr. Misheck Mutize, Lead Expert on Credit Rating Agencies at APRM. Also confirmed to speak is Dr. Daniel Cash, Founder of the Credit Rating Research Initiative, joined by Prof. Kai Gehring, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Bern, and Prof. Dr. Torsten Schmidt, Head of Macroeconomics and Public Finance Research at RWI Essen. Together, the panelists span academia, multilateral institutions, and public finance management, lending the conversation a breadth organisers say is rare for a single webinar.
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‎Investors, policymakers urged to secure limited slots
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‎It was gathered that the event targets investors, policymakers, and financial market operators seeking to engage directly with voices shaping Africa’s economic trajectory.
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‎Organisers have disclosed that spots for the virtual webinar are limited, urging interested participants to register ahead of the October 8 date.