In this regard, I would like to inform you that the minimum maturity period has since been reduced to 7 days with effect from October 26, 2004. Further, necessary software development has been taken up for reporting of CP on NDS platform. We expect it to be ready by early this year.
This was all the result of most African economies putting in place good governance frameworks as well as sound macroeconomic and market-orientated policies which spurred growth, trade, and investment. The Global Financial Crisis, which caused turmoil in both advanced and emerging economies, did not affect SSA quite as severely.