Africa IPO round-up
Roundup of some recent initial public offers (IPOs) of shares which raised capital for businesses listed on Africa's stock exchanges.
Roundup of some recent initial public offers (IPOs) of shares which raised capital for businesses listed on Africa's stock exchanges.
Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) and the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) will host the 20th Annual ASEA Conference in Kigali, Rwanda on 27-29 November, ...
The Korean Exchange (KRX) has grown to be the world’s third biggest stock exchange for listing and trading SMEs by creating a virtuous cycle ...
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange is switching to a shorter T+3 settlement cycle for the equity market from 11 July. Currently it works on T+5.
Telecoms, e-commerce and technology will be the driving force behind many of Africa's coming initial public share offers (IPOs) as the continent's telecom, media and ...
Development finance institutions (DFIs) have made $6.5bn of investments in African financial institutions. They see long-term opportunities for gains and to catalyze development.
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 ...
Sudan’s Khartoum Stock Exchange inaugurated its electronic trading system on 24 March, which is funded by the African Development Bank.
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 ...
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 ...
The JSE-owned derivative central counterparty (CCP) JSE Clear has been recognized by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has announced that it did not launch electronic trading today as planned and this has been delayed indefinitely.
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 ...
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 ...