Will Interswitch be Africa’s first $1bn tech “unicorn”?
Nigeria’s digital payments and payment card giant Interswitch Ltd could become Africa’s first tech “unicorn” or technology company valued at over $1 billion. Private equity ...
Nigeria’s digital payments and payment card giant Interswitch Ltd could become Africa’s first tech “unicorn” or technology company valued at over $1 billion. Private equity ...
Nigeria’s booming fixed interest and currency securities exchange FMDQ OTC Plc (“over-the-counter”) recorded market turnover of NGN93.9 trillion ($471.7 billion) for the 8 months to ...
Africa’s growth is slowing dramatically, says the International Monetary Fund, and is likely to be 3.75% this year and 4.25% next year. It could ...
Brokers on the Ghana and Nigerian Stock Exchanges in July achieved a first cross border securities trade under the stage "sponsored access" of West Africa's ...
The central depositories of Kenya and Nigeria have formed a joint venture Africlear Global with a custodian which is part of Altree Financial Services ...
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission published rules on demutualization of securities exchanges on 20 February, with a 2-week deadline for comments.
• US$11bn IPO and FO proceeds raised in 2014 in African equity markets • US$37.4bn proceeds raised from 2010 to 2014 • 24 African IPO ...
The new President of the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) put forward 4 strategic objectives for the member bourses. Oscar Onyema, CEO of the Nigerian ...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange signed a capital markets agreement with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to support African companies seeking dual listings in London ...
According to London Stock Exchange, there are 115 listings of companies focused on sub-Saharan African markets including 26 on the Main Market and 84 on ...
South Africa’s JSE launches 3 new currency future instruments which are the first to track exchange rate between the rand (ZAR) and Nigeria’s Naira (NGN), ...
The framework for linking West African securities exchanges starts with direct market access (DMA). A stockbroker on one West African exchange can transact on the ...
Charts circulated by Reuters show the rebased Nigerian economy as biggest in Africa, followed by sluggish South Africa, Egypt, Algeria, Angola and Morocco. They also ...
Top panel gives steps to deepen the Nigerian debt capital market at London's ADCM 2014 conference including Nigerian Mortgage Refinancing Company and Nigerian Credit Enhancement ...
International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Africa Forum on 20 May to focus on innovative financing and M&A for resource and infrastructure investment.
The Nigerian Government plans to privatize the Abuja Securities and Commodities Exchange by mid-2014, according to Arunma Oteh, Director General of Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange ...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange is looking for external advisers to drive its demutualization process.
Malawi came out as Africa’s top-performing exchange to USD-based investors over 2013 with a strong 62.4% return. Eight out of 13 African exchanges beat the ...
A leading African private equity house Development Partners International (DPI) has reached the first close of its second pan-African African Development Partners II (ADP II) ...
Nigerian stockbrokers are to build their expertise under a working relationship between the New York Institute of Finance (NYIF) and the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers ...