Ethiopia’s biggest private bank lists on exchange
Ethiopia’s largest private bank Awash Bank S.C. has listed on the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) Main Board, offering its 12,143 shareholders the chance to trade ...
Listings pipeline and other Ethiopian market news
Here is a roundup of some headlines of the Ethiopian capital market from recent weeks: Progress on listings Six banks are working towards getting their ...
Ethiopia’s short-term Hormuz pain, long-term gas, oil and urea hopes
Effect of Hormuz How badly does the US-Israeli war on Iran affect Ethiopia’s economy, which still depends heavily on imported fuel coming through the closed ...
Presenting African stock exchanges and investment opportunities
There is an amazing line-up of speakers at the African Capital Markets Investment Conference (ACMIC) 2026 next week in London from 15 – 17 April. ...
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22-24 February: Standard Bank African Markets Conference 2026
(Sun-Tue) Cape Town and livestream from Monday. The 2nd edition, AMC 2026, is organized by Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking. Theme “Mobilising Global Capital at Scale” covers: 1. Financing Africa’s infrastructure and energy stability, 2. Deepening African capital markets and mobilising private capital. 3. Intra-African trade and flows of capital, 4. Africa’s sovereign debt levels.
Reviews
Where Credit is Due: How Africa’s Debt Can Be a Benefit, Not a Burden
A very readable in-depth study of the history and trends of government-issued sovereign debt in Africa, giving policy recommendations on how African governments can make the best of use of debt. The book – like this blog – covers all the countries on the African ...
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Dangote Refinery to be Africa’s biggest IPO
UPDATE 14 APRIL: Bloomberg has published an interview with Frank Mwiti, CEO of the Nairobi Securities Exchange, confirming that Dangote is aiming for a revolutionary ...
Egypt’s EGX: Gourmet Foods lists, 7 more listings expected
Premium grocer Gourmet Egypt.com Foods S.A.E. (EGX:GOUR) listed on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) on 10 February, following an initial public offering (IPO) of shares combined ...
Retail revolution on Nairobi Exchange
The number of equity trades every day has been doubling or tripling on the Nairobi Securities Exchange after Safaricom launched its retail-focused Ziidi trading platform. ...
Standard Bank says ambition to action
Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking is organizing the 2nd African Markets Conference (AMC26) in Cape Town and available by livestreaming. The theme is “mobilising ...