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Bangladesh Central Bank hit for $951m, its cybersecurity relied on second-hand, $10 switches

Police investigating the heist of $951m from Bangladesh's central bank said it was vulnerable to hackers because it did not have a firewall and used ...

Exchange news

Sudan’s Khartoum Stock Exchange launches electronic trading system

Sudan’s Khartoum Stock Exchange inaugurated its electronic trading system on 24 March, which is funded by the African Development Bank.

Funds

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 ...

Exchange news

Global community heading to World Exchange Congress 22-23 March

Momentum building ahead of the key event for the stock exchange community, the World Exchanges Congress, now in its 11th year and back in central ...

Exchange news

JSE Clear gets approval from European regulator ESMA

The JSE-owned derivative central counterparty (CCP) JSE Clear has been recognized by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

Capital raising

Mwalimu Bank shares soar as Dar es Salaam enterprise market gains momentum

The Enterprise Growth Market for small and medium size businesses is picking up momentum on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange and Mwalimu Commercial Bank ...

Cote d’Ivoire

Cross-exchange trading between Ghana and Nigeria stock exchanges

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 ...

Ethiopia

Ethiopian Commodity Exchange gets online trading platform

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) has unveiled an online trading platform, eTRADE, that has capacity for nearly 5,000 times more transactions than its current "open ...

Exchange news

Namibia’s stockbrokers switch to IRESS to access NSX

All 4 Namibian stockbrokers have switched their front-end links into the local bourse to the trading solutions supplied by IRESS, a leading global supplier of ...

Exchange news

Kenya’s revolutionary mobile phone M-Akiba bond on 21 Oct

Kenya’s National Treasury will float a KES5 billion ($48.6 million) M-Akiba 5-year infrastructure bond on 21 Oct which will only be purchased through mobile-phone platforms. ...

Exchange news

Update 2 – Zimbabwe Stock Exchange automation successful

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange started using its automated trading system (ATS) successfully on 6 July with rising volumes. It is a long-awaited change as the ...

Exchange news

UPDATE – Zimbabwe Stock Exchange delays automated trading

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has announced that it did not launch electronic trading today as planned and this has been delayed indefinitely.

Exchange news

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange launches electronic trading 3 July

Electronic share trading is to go live today, 3 July, at the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. There are new trading hours and only dematerialized securities can ...

Other news

Launch of Africa Progress Panel report 5 June

Africa Progress Panel ground-breaking report coming on 5 June on fighting energy poverty, the effects and future of climate change, and Africa's vast sustainable ...

Capital raising

AfDB $400,000 seed equity to central depositories link Africlear Global

The central depositories of Kenya and Nigeria have formed a joint venture Africlear Global with a custodian which is part of Altree Financial Services ...

Exchange news

Payments messaging booms in Africa

Payments and securities transactions are growing faster in Africa than in the rest of the world, according to financial messaging institution SWIFT. Traffic volumes of ...

Exchange news

Woes of Zimbabwe Stock Exchange

The value of trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange fell 22% in the first quarter of 2015 (compared to 2014), the bourse has been hit ...

Exchange news

Zimbabwe central depository brings shares on board

Chengetedzai Depository Company Ltd, Zimbabwe's central securities depository (CSD), was reported that the last securities had been brought on board in March 2015.

Funds

Private Equity Africa ranks top 10 deals in 2014

Leading website and magazine Private Equity Africa lists the top 10 Africa private equity deals from 2014, with data from Preqin. Top are two telecoms ...

Capital raising

IPOs soar as Africa’s capital markets raise $11bn

• 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 ...