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West African stock markets talking integration – will they walk the talk?

West African stock exchange leaders are again talking about integrating the markets. The exchanges in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire have said they ...

Capital raising

JSE growth board AltX scores 100th listing with Osiris

The 100th company listed on the AltX growth capital board of South Africa’s JSE Ltd securities exchange this week, when Bermuda-based Osiris Properties International did ...

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Are capital markets taking a wrong turn? Soul-searching on short-termism after UK’s Kay Review

Lots of useful commentary is published this week about what’s going wrong with the world’s leading capital markets and finance and it has lots of ...

Capital raising

Uganda’s power distributor Umeme says it plans Nairobi and Uganda IPOs this year

Uganda’s only power distributor, Umeme, said it plans to raise capital to invest in Uganda’s electricity sector through an initial public offering (IPO) on the ...

Exchange news

SADC stock exchanges work together towards links, shared skills and better visibility

The ten stock exchanges of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are working together to increase the effectiveness of their markets. The Committee of SADC ...

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Rwanda savings and credit coops to look at capital markets?

Rwanda's Savings and Credit Cooperatives (known as SACCOs) are being encouraged to take more interest in investing into the capital market including bonds and equities. ...

Capital raising

Hana Mining could speed trans-Kalahari railway

The dual-listing of Hana Mining Ltd. last week on the Foreign Venture Capital Board of the Botswana Stock Exchange could bring a giant new cross-Africa ...

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Nigerian Stock Exchange to roll out top-speed NASDAQ OMX trading platform

The Nigerian Stock Exchange says it will have the fastest trading system in Africa when it upgrades its trading to NASDAQ OMX Group’s X-Stream platform, ...

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BaDEx getting ready to launch as Zambia’s second securities exchange

A new securities exchange in Lusaka, BaDEx (Bonds and Derivatives Exchange Zambia) is installing tried-and-tested bond and derivative trading software from South Africa's STT Software, ...

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CoSSE (Committee of SADC Stock Exchanges) launch new website for data and news

The Committee of SADC Stock Exchanges (CoSSE) has launched a website as part of a drive to create more liquidity in the southern African stock ...

Ethiopia

Making the market, the story of the Ethiopian Commodities Exchange

This article by Dr Eleni Gabre-Madhin, CEO of the Ethiopian Commodities Exchange, gives a fascinating, self-critical and revealing account of the creation of the exchange ...

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JSE stock exchange unveils new Africa strategy

This morning South Africa’s securities exchange, the JSE Ltd, announced a revised strategy to attract more listings from other African countries, as international interest soars. ...

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Kentucky wheat futures contract coming to JSE

The JSE will introduce its third wheat futures contract, with a cash-settled contract based on hard red winter wheat, referencing the Kansas City Board of ...

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Kenya licences first ethical Islamic finance fund

Kenya has licensed its first ethical fund, an Islamic fund issued by FCB Capital, a sharia-compliant investment bank, and aims to become the centre of ...

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First global company lists on Stock Exchange of Mauritius

The first offshore company was approved to be listed for trading on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. Evisa Investments Ltd, which has invested in Kenyan ...

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Strategy – NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Borse turn to technology and new targets

Mega-mergers and competition continues among the world’s biggest exchanges, despite the move by European regulators to ban Deutsche Börse (DB) and NYSE Euronext (NYX) from ...

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Tanzanite miner Richland heads for Dar-es-Salaam bourse listing

Tanzanians are to be able to invest in the gems that bear their country’s name, tanzanite. Richland Resources Ltd, listed on the London Stock Exchange’s ...

Exchange news

Africa calls for regional integration and financial infrastructure

South Africa’s Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan said the continent needs to take advantage of having a market of 1bn people and some of the ...

Exchange news

British small-cap stockex PLUS-SX up for sale

PLUS Markets, a British-regulated investment exchange for trading the shares of small companies, has put itself up for sale on 3 Feb.

Capital raising

JSE seeks more African equity listings in 2012, targets telecoms, mining and financials

The JSE Ltd, South Africa’s securities exchange, is hoping to attract more listings from the rest of Africa in 2012 and to expand its range ...