🇰🇪 Kenya is undertaking an @APRMorg @APRM_MarieRoseAPRM Targeted Review focused on Youth Issues. Attention #GenZ - this is your moment to be heard. From the streets to policy round tables. The African Peer Review Mechanism is a process through which African countries assess governance, development and accountability. This Targeted Review creates an opportunity to examine the issues affecting young people and, importantly, to bring young people’s lived experiences, priorities and ideas into the conversation. Why does this matter? Because decisions about jobs and economic opportunities, education, digital spaces, participation in public affairs, inclusion, leadership and the future of Kenya directly affect the country’s young population. This should not be a conversation about young people without young people. 🇰🇪 #GenZKenya: What are the issues that policymakers need to hear from you? What should change? What solutions do you want to see? Your voice, experience and ideas matter in shaping the conversation about Kenya’s future. Pay attention. Participate. Be heard. #APRM #Kenya #GenZ #YouthParticipation #Governance #AfricanYouth @ICOYACA @OneYoungAfrica @NYC_YouthVoice @MigaiAkech @ModestThinkin @LarryMadowo

SAVE THE DATA : @APRMorg Africa Peer Review Mechanism will officially launch the AFRICA CREDIT RATING AGENCY (AfCRA ) in Port Louis , Mauritius 🇲🇺 on 7 October 2026. WHY AFRICAN CREDIT RATING AGENCY MATTERS NOW 📌 African Union @_AfricanUnion Member States continue to face disproportionately high borrowing costs, constraining governments’ ability to finance infrastructure, jobs and essential public services. Thus the establishment of AfCRA is therefore bold, timely and strategic. 1. Reduce Africa’s High Cost of Capital African countries frequently borrow at significantly higher interest rates than comparable economies elsewhere. More accurate and context-sensitive assessments of African risk can help address the perceived 'Africa risk premium' , potentially saving billions in debt-servicing costs and freeing resources for development. 2. Provide a More Balanced Assessment of African Risk Existing global rating methodologies such as S&P Global Ratings, Moody's and Fitch Ratings have been criticised for not sufficiently accounting for Africa’s economic structures, informal economies, domestic financing capacity and institutional reforms. AfCRA can provide an additional, independent African perspective based on deeper understanding of local contexts 3. Expand Access to Capital Markets Many African sovereigns, municipalities and companies remain unrated or underserved by the international ratings industry. AfCRA can help close this gap, enabling more African entities to establish credible risk profiles and potentially access domestic and international capital for infrastructure and development. 4. Strengthen Financial Sovereignty and African Capital Markets Africa cannot achieve Agenda 2063 while remaining excessively dependent on external institutions to assess its creditworthiness. AfCRA can strengthen African financial architecture, deepen local-currency capital markets and complement institutions such as Afreximbank, the African Development Bank and the emerging continental financial architecture. 5. Improve Governance, Transparency and Investor Confidence AfCRA’s credibility will ultimately depend on its independence, transparency and technical rigour. Its establishment can incentivise governments to improve economic data, debt transparency, fiscal governance and institutional performance. A credible African rating institution can strengthen investor confidence while giving African countries greater ownership of their economic narrative. In sum the establishment of AfCRA is not about giving Africa favourable ratings. It is about ensuring Africa is rated fairly, credibly and with a deeper understanding of its economic realities. Bravo! @APRM_MarieRose for the visionary leadership & the entire team. Congratulations 🎊 to the people of Africa for this important milestone 📌 @AfDB_Group @AfDBPresident @UNDPAfrica @Prof_Mish