Technology

Individual business leader in suit Haruna Jalo-Waziri, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CSCS Nigeria T+2 settlelement, technology
Exchange news

Upgrading core tech driving Nigeria’s post-trade

TECH TUESDAY – Nigeria’s Central Securities Clearing System Plc (CSCS) has been upgrading its core technology system ahead of this week’s upgrade of the market ...

Bank branch building illustrates Ethiopian architecture. National Bank of Ethiopia launches CSD and investor portal
Ethiopia

National Bank of Ethiopia officially launches CSD

Ethiopia’s central bank, the National Bank of Ethiopia, has officially launched the full-fledged version of its Central Securities Depository (CSD) system and unveiled a national ...

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Capital raising

Nigeria puts spotlight onto dynamic tech firms

The news spotlight is firmly back onto Africa’s high-flying technology scene this week, with the news that a venture fund backed by the Nigerian Government ...

Burundi to use LSEG technology to power its financial market. Photo shows aerial view of London square with London Stock Exchange building on the right
Exchange news

Burundi picks LSEG to modernize financial market

Burundi has selected the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to help modernize the financial market. The central Banque de la République du Burundi (BRB) aims ...

Skyline of Johannesburg highlights conference on FIX IT messaging protocol for trading African shares and other securities.
Technology

FIX Africa Trading Conference 15 Oct

The FIX Trading Community across Africa is coming together on 15 October to compare notes and form alliances in order to have greater say in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Exchange news

Stock Exchange of Mauritius new trading system launches this week

The new Automated Trading System (ATS) of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) is set to “go live” on 13 May 2022. Securities and Trading ...

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 ...