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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

View of Freetown, Sierra Leone, where the first corporate bond has been used for capital raising for microfinance.
Bonds

Corporate bond boosts Sierra Leone capital market

Sierra Leone’s nascent capital market saw the successful issue of a first corporate bond. Local microfinance institution LAPO (Lift Above Poverty Organisation) SL raised SLE ...

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 ...

People on balcony at London Stock Exchange applaud cross-listing of sustainability bond.
Bonds

NMB Bank sustainability bonds raise $ millions on global markets

Tanzania’s NMB Bank PLC continues its success in pioneering impact investing in East Africa with a sustainability bond cross-listed on the London and Luxembourg stock ...

news of african financial markets, capital markets development
Egypt

How good are Africa’s financial markets?

Africa’s financial markets continue to progress and have demonstrated growing financial resilience in 2023, despite a challenging environment. Below we interview Jeff Gable, Absa Group’s ...

Namibian Stock Exchange go live with Automated Trading System for bonds
Exchange news

Bond trading system for Namibian bonds

Bond trading in Namibia by banks and stockbrokers is expected to grow after the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) announced the successful “go-live” of a new ...

Procurement of electronic trading system for fixed income securities market in West Africa
Cote d’Ivoire

WAEMU fixed income trading platform tender extended

The call for tenders for an electronic trading platform for fixed income securities in the West African Monetary Union (WAMU) has been extended until 31 ...

Botswana Stock Exchange joins World Federation of Exchanges
Exchange news

Botswana Stock Exchange full member of WFE

Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) says its admission as a full member of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry association of exchanges and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Capital raising

MTC rings up Namibia’s biggest IPO, closing 1 Nov

IPO ALERT – Namibia is gearing up for its biggest initial public offering (IPO) when Government sells 49% of the leading telecommunications company MTC Namibia. ...