
Sub-Saharan Africa’s financial sector may be relatively underdeveloped compared to other continents, yet its stock market issues have recently achieved encouraging performances in both numbers and volumes. Indeed, Continue Reading

Economic theories diverge radically on the role that banks and markets play in the development of a financial sector – and the link they have with economic growth. It is […]Continue Reading

Although Africa’s financial sector was not severely affected by the 2008 crisis, the latter did however reveal its structural weaknesses – including the narrowness of markets and the low level […]Continue Reading

Sub-Saharan Africa’s financial markets are generally immature and are widely characterized by their low level of activity and the domination of the banking sector. However, if a market and its […]Continue Reading

In 2006, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated launched a simultaneous public offering operation on three African stock markets. €is exceptional listing gave the group greater financial flexibility, a diversified, Continue Reading

The international hotel group TPS EA’s listing on the Nairobi Stock Exchange enhanced its visibility and reputation and fostered its commercial development. Moreover, by opening its capital to the general […]Continue Reading

Popular shareholding in the context of Africa would seem doomed to failure, yet it has now become a major development area for African financial markets. This type of equity ownership […]Continue Reading

Financial markets play an important role in financing Africa’s private sector. Their recent growth in strength is unquestionable despite the sudden standstill caused by the 2008 crisis: sixfold increase in Continue Reading