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Misheck Mutize is an academic expert with expertise in Economics and Finance. He is post-doc fellow, currently the Lead Expert in implementing the African Union Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.631 (XXVIII) of the 28th Ordinary Assembly of Heads of State and Government, that directs the African Peer Review Mechanism, an implementation and monitoring organ of the AU, to provide support to its Member States in the field of international credit rating agencies, drafting a Continental Policy Framework on the operation of international credit rating agencies in Africa.

Dr Misheck Mutize is the Lead Expert on support to African countries in the field of international credit rating agencies with the African Union - African Peer Review Mechanism. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in credit risk and a Master of Science degree in Finance and Investment from the University of Cape Town. He has researched extensively on Credit risk in Africa, African governance policy, state-owned enterprises, corruption, poverty, and other socio-economic development. Dr. Mutize has published comprehensive research on Socio-Economic Development, Political and Economic Governance in Africa. He has been involved in key roles, in several Continental Initiatives of the African Union.

MAJOR CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS 1.	Drafted the African Union Policy Framework of Mechanisms of Support to its member states on credit ratings, which was adopted by the 3rd Specialised Technical Committee of Ministers of Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration held from 4 to 8 March 2019 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The Policy Framework was adopted by the Assembly of the African Union [Assembly/AU/ Dec. 831(XXXV)] at its Thirty-Fifth Ordinary Session on 5-6 February 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2.	Drafted the policy report on the Legal, Financial and Structural feasibility on the Establishment of an African Credit Rating Agency by the African Union, recommending the agency to be ‘established as a private sector-driven African Credit rating Agency based on self-funding and sustaining. The report and its recommendations was adopted through Ministerial Declaration at the 6th Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee of Ministers of Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration Ministers’ Meeting 20-21 July 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya.