Exchange news

Landscape view from high building of Addis Ababa business district and skyscrapers.
Ethiopia

IFC backs Ethiopia’s money market

The Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on 16 May announced a strategic partnership to build up the Ethiopia money market. ...

four people on a stage as Ethiopian Securities Exchange admits first trading member
Ethiopia

Wegagen is first broker on Ethiopian Securities Exchange

The first trading member has been appointed at the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX). Wegagen Capital Investment Bank S.C received its trading membership certificate on 14 ...

Aisha Abdulaziz, CEO of Legend Internet celebrates listing shares on NGX exchange
Exchange news

Legend Internet shareprice soared after since Nigerian Exchange listing

The share price of the latest company to list on Nigerian Exchange (NGX) soared by up to 77% in the first two weeks following its ...

BBFA's record $241m IPO on Angola's Bodiva securities exchange doesn't ruffle the boats in Luanda harbour.
Capital raising

Angola’s Bodiva stock exchange expects more listings

Angola’s stock exchange, the Bolsa de Dívida e Valores de Angola (Bodiva), expects the number of listed companies will soar from 4 to 10 by ...

Logo for The Network Forum Africa conference
Exchange news

Africa’s post-trade and custody gathering

Top executives of the custody, settlement and post-trade industry are gathering for their annual Africa summit on 7-8 April. The Network Forum (TNF) Africa is ...

Florence Muchunu leading Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) training session for new stockbrokers and investment banks.
Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s first securities dealer and investment banks

The Ethiopian Securities Exchange is moving closer to starting trading activities, with the news that the Ethiopian Capital Market Authority (ECMA) has granted licenses to ...

Landscape view from high building of Addis Ababa business district and skyscrapers.
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. Kenyan Government plans share sales and IPO.
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 ...

Front of building which houses stock exchange. Article is about T+2 clearing and settlement
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 ...

Landscape view from high building of Addis Ababa business district and skyscrapers.
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 ...

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