Success with 5x oversubscription on Angola’s $241m IPO share offer
Angola’s stock exchange, the Bolsa de Dívida e Valores de Angola (Bodiva), scored a huge success with the successful outcome of its biggest initial public ...
25 September deadline for Angola’s biggest IPO – SEE NEWER STORY
Update: The offer closed successfully with 5x oversubscription and raised $241m for the 2 selling shareholders. See our updated story here. Investors have just two ...
Trading report Ethiopia money market
The Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) has published a first trading report for the interbank money market covering the week 30 June-4 July. The ESX provides ...
Ethiopia opens to foreign banks
The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) issued a directive effective 25 June to allow international banks and foreign investors to apply for banking licences. This ...
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Global investors have enjoyed top-notch returns by investing on many of the African stock exchanges over the first six months of 2025. Returns for investors ...
First trade! Second listing! for Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX)
UPDATE 7 July: On 4 July Wegagen Capital also claimed credit for the first trade. Perhaps this is unsurprising, since there are so far only ...