Nigeria

Range of mountains in beautiful sunlight for launch of Absa African Financial Markets Index (AFMI) report.
Climate

Clear progress for Africa’s financial markets

Jeff Gable, Chief Economist, and Anthony Kirui, Head of Global Markets Ex.SA, at Absa CIB explain why recent strong progress in Africa’s financial market development ...

Leaders of business line up for listing ceremony of housing group Haldane McCall on the Nigerian Exchange Limited.
Capital raising

Nigeria’s new listing tops trading volumes as shares soar

Housing and hospitality group Haldane McCall plc sees its listing on the Main Board of the Nigerian Exchange Limited as the route to raise future ...

View if Lagos harbour across the lagoon, 3 Nigerian banks raising capital on Nigerian Exchange
Capital raising

3 Nigerian banks raise $0.5bn capital through share issues

Nigeria’s top banks are raising over $550m on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) in order to expand at home and abroad. They also plan to transform ...

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 ...

Nigeria detains Binance executives in cryptocurrency crackdown
Nigeria

Nigeria detains global executives in war on crypto

Nigeria has declared war on leading global cryptocurrency exchanges. On 26 February it detained two top international executives of Binance after they flew in for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Capital raising

MTN’s $280m share offer to NGX investors

Telecoms firm MTN Group, based in South Africa has announced it will proceed with a public offer of up to 575 million shares in MTN ...

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

Mobile phone towers valued at $7bn in New York

IHS Holding Ltd (ticker IHS:US), holding company of the biggest independent operator of mobile phone towers in Africa, scored a $7 billion valuation in its ...

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 ...

Capital raising

Africa’s top telco towers firm seeks $7bn US listing

A telecoms firm launched in Lagos is set to be Africa’s biggest listing in the United States with a suggested $7bn valuation. IHS Holding Ltd, ...

Capital raising

Nigerian Stock Exchange launches SME Board

Dynamic Nigerian entrepreneurs are in focus after the Nigerian Stock Exchange launched a growth board for fast-growing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to help  businesses ...

Exchange news

SEC Nigeria clears Nigerian Stock Exchange demutualization

Next step in the long demutulization of Nigerian Stock Exchange will be a court ordered meeting and an extraordinary general meeting. The demutualization is set ...

Capital raising

Africa issuers raised $341m in 6 months, down 28%

Enterprises based in Africa raised $341 million through equity issues in the first half of 2019, down 28% on the $472m raised in the first ...

Capital raising

Weak reception for Airtel Africa $750m IPO

Shares in Africa’s second biggest telecom company had a disappointing start in conditional trading on the London Stock Exchange today. The initial public offer had ...

Capital raising

Airtel Africa confirms June $750m listing in London

Airtel Africa has confirmed that it is going ahead in June 2019 with its $750 million listing on the main market of the London Stock ...

Capital raising

MTN Nigeria shares soaring after $5bn listing

Telecommunications firm MTN Nigeria has had strong days of trading since it joined the Nigerian Stock Exchange in a listing by introduction on 16 May. ...