Purpose: The importance of obtaining a sovereign credit rating from an agency is still underrated in Africa. Literature on the determinants of sovereign credit ratings in Africa is scarce. The purpose of this research is to determine what the determinants are for sovereign credit ratings in...

Quantitative methods to forecasting tourist arrivals can be sub-divided into causal methods and non-causal methods. Non-causal time series methods remain popular tourism forecasting tools due to the accuracy of their forecasting ability and general ease of use. Since tourist arrivals exhibit...

In recent times there has been an increased focus on the myriad investment opportunites in Africa. According to Pricewater Coopers (2011:1) “the continent is home to some of the world’s fastest-growing economies and offer the highest risk-adjusted returns on foreign direct...