Exchange news

Cote d’Ivoire

African Exchanges Link platform goes live today

A cross-border order-routing platform linking seven leading African securities exchanges has gone live today, 18 November. The African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP) technology allows 33 ...

BODIVA exchange first IPO
Capital raising

Banco BAI raised $94m in Angola’s first IPO

Equity trading has started on Angola’s BODIVA stock exchange eight years after it opened. The biggest private bank, Banco BAI, held an oversubscribed public offer ...

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Exchange news

Stock Exchange of Mauritius new trading system launches this week

The new Automated Trading System (ATS) of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) is set to “go live” on 13 May 2022. Securities and Trading ...

Exchange news

London Stock Exchange bid to trade digital assets

The London Stock Exchange Group took a big step towards boosting its capacity for trading digital assets. LSEG announced on 22 February it had agreed ...

NG Clearing launches central counterparty securities clearing
Exchange news

Nigeria central counterparty clearing for securities door to safer future

Nigeria has launched the first central counterparty (CCP) clearing system for securities trades in West Africa. This paves the way for exchange-traded derivatives. NG Clearing ...

Egypt

Clampdown on social media to manipulate share prices

Regulators are stepping in to help Egyptian securities investors deluged via social media with share tips and information that could be market manipulation. In the ...

Capital raising

MTN Uganda IPO doubles the Uganda Securities Exchange

CAPITAL-RAISING/ IPO NEWS – The Uganda Securities Exchange has more than doubled in size after the listing of telecommunications firm MTN Uganda on 6 December. ...

Exchange news

Will today’s launch of day trading transform Nairobi Securities Exchange?

Nairobi Securities Exchange launches day trading in shares today 22 November. The aim is to boost liquidity and trading activity on this leading African stock ...

Telco MTC Namibia lists shares on Namibia stock exchange after listing
Capital raising

MTC Namibia IPO results, listing on Namibian Stock Exchange 19 Nov

MTC Namibia to list on Namibian Stock Exchange on 19 Nov after successful share offer IPO of 299 million shares. Its Namibia's biggest share offer ...

Capital raising

Will 17 Nov Ghana budget unblock flow for SOE listings?

Would-be investors are waiting for news from the technical committee working to prepare Ghanaian State-owned enterprises (SOEs) for share sales of their shares on the ...

African Securities Exchanges Association conference, capital markets event
Events

Speaker lineup for the ASEA conference – online 24-25 November

Meet the speakers for the African Securities Exchange Association (ASEA) conference due on 24-25 November. To register, just click http://www.aseaconference.ma/ .

Egyptian Exchange EGX boosted by IPO share offer
Capital raising

Egypt’s $372m e-finance IPO may herald privatizations

E-Finance for Digital and Financial Investments, raised $372m in an oversubscribed IPO on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX). Does the biggest share offer in EGX history ...

Exchange news

Zimbabwe companies to demerge for growth

A top tea producer could be the prodigal son returning to the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange after 14 years, if shareholders in Meikles Limited give the ...

Exchange news

Zimbabwe exchange launches ZSE Direct trading

Thousands of Zimbabweans are using a digital trading platform ZSE Direct to buy and sell on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, and in the process boosting ...

Exchange news

Are foreign investors buying on Nairobi Securities Exchange?

Trading by foreign investors was picking up at Kenya’s Nairobi Securities Exchange last month, just as the NSE20 index of blue chip prices retreated. A ...

Stock Exchange of Mauritius automated trading system
Exchange news

Mauritius exchange new trading system goes live in Q1 2022

The Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) aims to go live with a new Automated Trading System (ATS) by March 2022 after selecting South Africa’s Securities ...

NGX stock exchange shares soar after listing
Exchange news

NGX stock exchange soars after listing – on itself

Nigerian Exchange Group Plc has had an excellent start to trading its shares on its own securities exchange after listing by introduction on 15 October ...

Capital raising

MTN IPO to boost Uganda stock exchange

MTN Uganda is set to transform the Ugandan capital market with the biggest initial public offering (IPO) since the Uganda Securities Exchange was launched. It ...

Egypt

AELP Link order platform to boost trading between African exchanges

The African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) has signed a contract on 30 July to procure an order-routing system to link stockbrokers on seven of Africa’s ...

Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s draft capital markets bill

One of Africa’s biggest economies is taking a step closer to establishing a capital market to allocate capital more efficiently. The National Bank of Ethiopia ...