Kenya

Capital raising

Quickmart shares on sale on the Nairobi Securities Exchange

NOTE: This news story is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy ...

Capital raising

Stock Exchanges weekly news – 7 September 2026

1. Dangote refinery IPO priced, opens 14 September Africa’s biggest initial public offering (IPO) is to launch on 14 September and close on 13 October. ...

Exchange news

What’s driving performance at Africa’s top 10 exchanges?

Africa’s securities exchanges have been climbing sharply in 2025 and still in 2026. Although this article is delayed, it’s interesting to delve into what is ...

Capital raising

Dangote Refinery’s $5bn IPO coming soon, stirs market

Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals FZE has submitted its application for an initial public offering (IPO) of shares to Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission. It ...

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Family Bank shares soar after Nairobi Securities Exchange listing

The Nairobi Securities Exchange achieved its largest private sector listing in 17 years, when Family Bank PLC listed by introduction on 23 June. The bank ...

Exchange news

Retail revolution on Nairobi Exchange

The number of equity trades every day has been doubling or tripling on the Nairobi Securities Exchange after Safaricom launched its retail-focused Ziidi trading platform. ...

Capital raising

Kenya’s new infrastructure and sovereign wealth funds to be funded by share sales

Kenya is to launch a national infrastructure fund and a sovereign wealth fund, approved by the Cabinet on 15 December. The funds will be capitalized ...

Ethiopia

Ethiopia roundup – Awash 4th investment bank, Kenyans taking interest, ECMA social warnings

Awash Capital S.C. is the latest Ethiopian investment bank to be licensed by the Ethiopian Capital Market Authority (ECMA). It received the licence on 19 ...

Ethiopia

East Africa’s regional 20 share index

The National Securities Exchange of Somalia (NSES) is joining the Somali Stock Exchange as a member of the East African Securities Exchanges Association (EASEA), which ...

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. ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Capital raising

Opening Coca Cola’s $8.1bn IPO plan

Coca-Cola could aim for €7bn ($8.1bn) when it lists its African bottling operations with an initial public offering (IPO) of shares before listing on Euronext ...

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 ...

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 ...

Exchange news

3 East African exchanges to link before year-end 2020

Market integration across 3 East African securities exchanges is moving fast with a target of being live and online by 31 December 2020. According to ...

Exchange news

Nairobi opens second derivatives market in sub-Saharan Africa

The Nairobi Securities Exchange says the first trades on its new derivatives market NEXT went smoothly on 4 July, according to media reports. The NEXT ...

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Work starts on African exchanges linkage project

Africa’s stock exchanges, regulators, central banks, stockbrokers and clearing systems are working together on the African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP), set to create trading and ...