Tom Minney

Exchange news

Family Bank shares soar after Nairobi Securities Exchange listing

The Nairobi Securities Exchange achieved its largest private sector listing in 17 years, when Family Bank PLC listed by introduction on 23 June. The bank ...

Bonds

Africa’s giant infrastructure finance dominates banking awards

Finance that unleashes giant infrastructure projects was highlighted at the 2026 African Banker Awards, showing the size and scale of current projects as Africa builds ...

Capital raising

Ethio Telecom lists on Ethiopian Securities Exchange

The giant Ethio Telecom S.C. has listed its shares for trading on the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) on 26 May, bringing 45,000 shareholders who paid ...

Exchange news

Nigeria T+1 settlement from 1 June

The Nigerian capital market is working to get ready to move to T+1 settlement (clearing and settlement on the day after trade), starting 1 June ...

Exchange news

Zimbabwe – a tale of two African stock exchanges

The Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) is positioning itself as a gateway to international capital entering Zimbabwe and other southern African markets. Will it take ...

Exchange news

Morocco launched futures market and derivatives clearing

Morocco has officially launched its futures market and clearing house on 6 April 2026, after more than 10 years of preparation. All key stakeholders, the ...

Capital raising

ZEN Petroleum crowns successful first week on Ghana Stock Exchange

Leading local energy company ZEN Petroleum Holdings PLC has listed and started trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) after raising GHS 640 million ($57.2m) ...

Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s biggest private bank lists on exchange

Ethiopia’s largest private bank Awash Bank S.C. has listed on the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) Main Board, offering its 12,143 shareholders the chance to trade ...

Capital raising

Listings pipeline and other Ethiopian market news

Here is a roundup of some headlines of the Ethiopian capital market from recent weeks: Progress on listings Six banks are working towards getting their ...

Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s short-term Hormuz pain, long-term gas, oil and urea hopes

Effect of Hormuz How badly does the US-Israeli war on Iran affect Ethiopia’s economy, which still depends heavily on imported fuel coming through the closed ...

Events

Presenting African stock exchanges and investment opportunities

There is an amazing line-up of speakers at the African Capital Markets Investment Conference (ACMIC) 2026 next week in London from 15 – 17 April. ...

Capital raising

Dangote Refinery to be Africa’s biggest IPO

UPDATE 5 AUGUST 2026: We have an update on this post with new IPO timings, after Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals submitted its application to ...

Capital raising

Egypt’s EGX: Gourmet Foods lists, 7 more listings expected

Premium grocer Gourmet Egypt.com Foods S.A.E. (EGX:GOUR) listed on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) on 10 February, following an initial public offering (IPO) of shares combined ...

Exchange news

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. ...

Events

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 ...

Uncategorized

Kenya Pipeline $825m IPO closes 19 Feb – UPDATE EXTENDED TO 24 FEB

UPDATE 20/2/26 – The share offer has been extended by 3 days and will close on 24 February. Reuters news reports that the Capital Markets ...

Capital raising

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. ...

Exchange news

President Tinubu hails Nigerian Exchange NGN 100 trillion market cap milestone

The Nigerian Exchange has continued its strong growth this year, and on 5 January passed a milestone market capitalization of NGN 100 trillion to close ...

Capital raising

Dashen Bank offers shares ahead of listing on Ethiopian Securities Exchange

UPDATE 15 May 2026: There have been announcements since this post. Ethiopian Business Review reported on Facebook in February) that after the offer to existing ...