Retail revolution on Nairobi Exchange
The number of equity trades every day has been doubling or tripling on the Nairobi Securities Exchange after Safaricom launched its retail-focused Ziidi trading platform. ...
Standard Bank says ambition to action
Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking is organizing the 2nd African Markets Conference (AMC26) in Cape Town and available by livestreaming. The theme is “mobilising ...
Kenya Pipeline $825m IPO closes 19 Feb
(NOTE: This post is for news information only and does not constitute investment advice in any form) Kenya’s Government has launched the sale of a ...
Two IPOs transforming central Africa’s BVMAC exchange
Two initial public offerings (IPOs) to raise capital could be about to transform the Bourse des Valeurs Mobilières de l’Afrique Centrale (BVMAC), based in Douala. ...
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22-24 February: Standard Bank African Markets Conference 2026
(Sun-Tue) Cape Town and livestream from Monday. The 2nd edition, AMC 2026, is organized by Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking. Theme “Mobilising Global Capital at Scale” covers: 1. Financing Africa’s infrastructure and energy stability, 2. Deepening African capital markets and mobilising private capital. 3. Intra-African trade and flows of capital, 4. Africa’s sovereign debt levels.
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Where Credit is Due: How Africa’s Debt Can Be a Benefit, Not a Burden
A very readable in-depth study of the history and trends of government-issued sovereign debt in Africa, giving policy recommendations on how African governments can make the best of use of debt. The book – like this blog – covers all the countries on the African ...
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President Tinubu hails Nigerian Exchange NGN 100 trillion market cap milestone
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Dashen Bank offers shares ahead of listing on Ethiopian Securities Exchange
Dashen Bank has launched an offer of rights to existing shareholders to raise some ETB 6.4 billion ($41.1 million) in new capital and is preparing ...
African exchanges lead in USD returns
How far can the record-breaking bull run continue for Africa’s stock exchanges? Many African exchange indices were up remarkably over 2025, encouraging participation by local ...
Kenya’s new infrastructure and sovereign wealth funds to be funded by share sales
Kenya is to launch a national infrastructure fund and a sovereign wealth fund, approved by the Cabinet on 15 December. The funds will be capitalized ...