Exchange news

Capital raise for the Ethiopian Securities Exchange, ATS, ETP
Ethiopia

Money market trading underway on Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX)

As excitement builds ahead of the launch of the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX), banks are already actively trading on its online Interbank Money Market trading ...

View of Nairobi cityscape. Nairobi Securities Exchange to offer options derivatives trading.
Exchange news

Options derivatives trading coming to Nairobi Securities Exchange

A big step forward for Kenya’s derivatives market NEXT, a part of the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), as it moves to introduce options derivatives trading. ...

Group of people in Ghanaian clothes ring bell at stock exchange. Ghana Stock Exchange launches OTC market for trading equities, rural and community banks may raise capital
Capital raising

Ghana’s OTC market aims to help smaller companies raise “patient capital”

The Ghana Stock Exchange has launched an official regulated over-the-counter (OTC) market where shareholders can trade in equities and other securities that are not listed ...

Headquarters of Ethio Telecom as it prepares to launch first IPO of the Ethiopian Securities Exchange
Capital raising

Ethio Telecom IPO – Updated with details

UPDATED WITH DETAILS OF SHARE OFFER The state-owned giant Ethio Telecom launched its offer of 10% of its shares to the Ethiopian public from 17 ...

Tilahun Kassahun of Ethiopian Securities Exchange signs trading system agreement with Muhammad Haris Naseer if InfoTech. Technology, capital markets.
Ethiopia

InfoTech trading system for ESX Ethiopian stock exchange

The Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) has signed two pivotal technology agreements with Infotech Private Limited. The agreements cover the design, supply, and installation of an ...

Bonds

Burkina Faso lists $217m of sovereign bonds

The Government of Burkina Faso successfully listed two sovereign bonds on the regional stock exchange Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) yesterday (10 September), raising ...

Business and capital markets leaders in Rwanda watch Mahwi Grain Millers chairperson ring the bell for listing the corporate bond for trading on the Rwanda Stock Exchange after raising capital.
Bonds

Mahwi Grain Millers lists corporate bond in Rwanda today

Industrial company Mahwi Grain Millers Plc has today (2 September 2024) listed its first corporate bond on the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE). The first RWF ...

Live share trading order routing in Africa with live trading screen
Exchange news

Uganda joins African exchanges link

The Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) has become the tenth African securities exchange to join the African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP). The linkage platform enables stockbrokers ...

blurry figures in front of blockchain graphic. ASX Australian Stock Exchange blockchain capital markets infrastructure fail
Exchange news

Australia’s failed blockchain project for capital markets infrastructure

A world-leading bid effort to use blockchain technology to upgrade key capital markets infrastructure ended when ASX Ltd (the Australian Stock Exchange) paused the project ...

Nairobi City scenery, home of some of Africa's private equity fund exits
Exchange news

Bond trading rivals for Nairobi Securities Exchange

The Central Bank of Kenya‘s DhowCSD, a digital government bond trading platform, has reached a milestone of 80,000 investors, according to a report in Business ...

Ethiopian Stock Exchange capital raise shares Addis Ababa
Capital raising

Fast progress at Ethiopian Securities Exchange

The Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) is pushing forwards towards its launch and aims to launch secondary trading in bonds, equities and money market instruments in ...

Cote d’Ivoire

West Africa’s BRVM on the road 7-8 May

The BRVM Investment Days roadshow is back in Johannesburg for two days from tomorrow (7-8 May). The highly successful West African regional exchange is organizing ...

Listing of Transcorp Power on NGX Nigerian Stock Exchange
Capital raising

$1.2bn power listing lights up Nigerian exchange

A power generator energized the Nigerian exchange with a NGN 1.8 trillion ($1.16 billion) boost to market capitalization, after listing 7.5 bn shares yesterday (4 ...

Capital raise for the Ethiopian Securities Exchange, ATS, ETP
Ethiopia

Electronic trading system for new Ethiopian Securities Exchange

The tenders are open for the automated trading system and broker back office systems for the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) and for the market surveillance ...

news of african financial markets, capital markets development
Egypt

How good are Africa’s financial markets?

Africa’s financial markets continue to progress and have demonstrated growing financial resilience in 2023, despite a challenging environment. Below we interview Jeff Gable, Absa Group’s ...

Namibian Stock Exchange go live with Automated Trading System for bonds
Exchange news

Bond trading system for Namibian bonds

Bond trading in Namibia by banks and stockbrokers is expected to grow after the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) announced the successful “go-live” of a new ...

Botswana Stock Exchange joins World Federation of Exchanges
Exchange news

Botswana Stock Exchange full member of WFE

Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) says its admission as a full member of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry association of exchanges and ...

Market capitalization on African stock exchanges is getting smaller against world exchanges
Events

Are Africa’s stock exchanges lagging?

African capital markets are falling behind the growth of global markets. African markets have 1.4% of global market capitalization and the share is falling, says ...

Live share trading order routing in Africa with live trading screen
Cote d’Ivoire

African exchanges link AELP demonstrates share trades

The cross-border trading platform linking seven of Africa’s leading securities exchanges was launched yesterday 7 December in Abidjan. The link gives access to over 1,000 ...

Ethiopia's new stock exchange will be in Addis Ababa
Ethiopia

Progress towards Ethiopia’s Stock Exchange

At least 50 companies are expected to list when Ethiopia’s stock exchange launches. The country’s new $38bn sovereign wealth fund Ethiopia Investment Holdings (EIH) is ...