African capital markets require more capacity-building. The recent conference of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) resolved to give support to help markets develop ...
The new Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Oscar Onyema, had taken up office on 4 April, but the SEC had asked for ...
The East African Monetary Union is supposed to be effective from 2012. Senior officials including central bank governors, capital markets authorities, insurance and pensions regulatory ...
From the blog of Mark Mobius of Templeton Investments: "While Africa does have challenges, I am encouraged by another side of Africa that is gradually ...
Dr James Ndahiro, Chairperson of the Rwanda Stock Exchange, said East African countries should form a single stock market by 2015.
The JSE securities exchange has appointed an advisory committee to boost its JSE Africa Board to achieve its mission and attracet dual listings to a ...
Fee income from investment banking in sub-Saharan Africa more than doubled to US$157 million during Q1 of 2011, compared to same period in 2010. ...
Zimbabwean private equity firm Brainworks Capital Management has reportedly launched a $20 million fund targeting Zimbabwe’s agriculture, financial services, mining and telecommunications sectors, according to ...
Tunisian regulator Conseil de Marche Financier ordered stockbrokers not to allow 123 companies to trade securities as part of investigations into extensive holdings by the ...
The CE Exchange (CEX) launched this morning is expected to bring an important boost to world liquidity and trade. The exchange is an international venture ...
Rebels in Cote d'Ivoire made rapid advances towards Abidjan yesterday (30 March), where fighting could be fierce. Prices rallied yesterday on the €2.3 Eurobond and ...
The International Finance Corporation has signed an agreement to invest up to $0.6 million in Banque de l’Habitat du Burkina Faso and will also provide ...
Rebel advances in Cote d’Ivoire are boosting the price of the country’s €2.3 bn Eurobond, which are in default since 1 Feb, in London trading. ...
Flows into South African bonds turned positive in the last few days, although money is still being moved out of equities. For much of 2011 ...
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group on 24 March announced that it has established a team to conduct buyout and growth capital investments in ...
The Egyptian Exchange opened today at 10:30am after nearly 2 months, and was immediately swamped with a flood of selling, which saw the index plunge ...
Leading investors and institutions are to discuss transactions and trends in Africa’s capital markets during the Africa investor 2011 Analysts’ and Fund Managers’ Forum to ...
South Africa’s securities exchange the JSE Limited increased group revenues by 9% to R1,255 million ($178 mn) from R1,156 mn in 2009. Results were driven ...
West Africa’s regional stock market the Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres (BRVM) has started trading from a new base in Bamako, Mali, after leaving Cote ...
African exchanges could grow dramatically in both market capitalization and turnover in the coming decade, following the explosive trends already charted by the Indian and ...