"The extraordinary support of the bank's shareholders boosts our capacity to finance African countries. We will continue to manage risks and capital requirements adequately to help African countries to build their economies back better and faster, while assuring economic, health and climate resilience," said Adesina. The "AAA" rating from Moody's follows earlier affirmations of the "AAA" rating of the bank, with stable outlook, by the other leading rating agencies, namely Fitch Ratings, Standard and Poor's Global Ratings and Japan Credit Rating Agency.