List of African stock exchanges

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the largest stock exchange in Africa

There are 38 exchanges in Africa, representing 29 nations' capital markets.

22 of the 38 stock exchanges in Africa are members of the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA). ASEA members are indicated below by an asterisk (*).

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX), founded in 1883, is the oldest stock exchange in Africa. One of the oldest bourses (exchanges) on the continent is the Casablanca Stock Exchange of Morocco, founded in 1929 and the JSE Limited in 1887 and Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya founded in1954.

Today the top five largest securities exchanges in Africa are Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Egyptian Exchange (EGX), Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX), Casablanca stock exchange in Morocco and Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in Kenya.

The most recent stock exchange is the Ethiopian Stock Exchange, which opened in 2025. through a public-private partnership. ^[1]

There are several notable countries on the continent that do not have a stock exchange.

List

Economy	Exchange	Location	Founded	Listings	Link	Technology
Algeria	Algiers Stock Exchange	Algiers	1997	6	SGBV
Angola	Angola Debt and Stock Exchange	Luanda	2017	14	Bodiva	InfoTech Capizar [2]
Botswana	Botswana Stock Exchange *	Gaborone	1989	53	BSE
Cape Verde	Bolsa de Valores de Cabo Verde *	Praia	1998	4	BVC
Egypt	Egyptian Exchange *	Cairo, Alexandria	1883	303	EGX	Nasdaq [3]
Eswatini	Eswatini Stock Exchange*	Mbabane	1990	10	ESE
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Securities Exchange	Addis Ababa	2025	1	ESX
	Ethiopia Commodity Exchange		2008		ECX
Cameroon	Bourse des Valeurs Mobilières de l'Afrique Centrale  [ fr ]	Duala	2003	7	BVMAC
Ghana	Ghana Stock Exchange *	Accra	1990	49	GSE	InfoTech Capizar [4] [5]
Ivory Coast	Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières *	Abidjan	1998	45	BRVM
Kenya	Nairobi Securities Exchange *	Nairobi	1954	162	NSE
Lesotho	Maseru Securities Market *	Maseru	2016	1	MSM
Libya	Libyan Stock Market *	Tripoli	2007		LSM
Malawi	Malawi Stock Exchange *	Blantyre	1995	16	MSE	InfoTech Capizar [6] [7]
Mauritius	Stock Exchange of Mauritius	Port Louis	1988	185	SEM	Millenium Information Technology [8]
Morocco	Casablanca Stock Exchange *	Casablanca	1929	94	CSE
Mozambique	Bolsa de Valores de Moçambique *	Maputo	1999	11	BVM
Namibia	Namibian Stock Exchange *	Windhoek	1992	53	NSX
Nigeria	Nigeria Commodity Exchange	Abuja	1998		NCX
	NASD OTC Securities Exchange  [ fr ]	Lagos	1998	26	NASD
	Nigerian Exchange Group		1960	328	NGX	Nasdaq [9]
Rwanda	Rwanda Stock Exchange	Kigali	2011	10	RSE	InfoTech Capizar [10]
	East Africa Exchange  [ fr ]		2014		EAX
Seychelles	Merj Exchange Limited  [ fr ]	Victoria	2012	48	MERJ
Somalia	Somali Stock Exchange	Mogadishu	2015	10	SSE
South Africa	JSE Limited *	Johannesburg	1887	442	JSE
	A2X Markets *		2017 [11]	176	A2X
	The Integrated Exchange		2017	16	I-se
	Cape Town Stock Exchange *	Cape Town	2017 (2021)	12	CTSE
Sudan	Khartoum Stock Exchange *	Khartoum	1994		KSE
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange *	Dar es Salaam	1998	29	DSE
Tunisia	Bourse de Tunis *	Tunis	1969	74	BVMT
Uganda	Uganda Securities Exchange *	Kampala	1997	20	USE
	ALTX East Africa Exchange		2013	3	ALTX
Zambia	Lusaka Stock Exchange *	Lusaka	1994	22	LuSE
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Stock Exchange *	Harare	1948	45	ZSE	InfoTech Capizar [12] [13]
	Victoria Falls Stock Exchange	Victoria Falls	2020	15	VFEX	InfoTech Capizar

Defunct stocks

Economy	Exchange	Location	Founded	Defunct	Listings	Link
Egypt	Alexandria Stock Exchange  [ fr ]	Alexandria	1888	1961
Ivory Coast	Bourse des Valeurs d'Abidjan	Abidjan	1974	1997
Rwanda	Rwanda Over The Counter Exchange	Kigali	2008	2011	3
Cameroon	Douala Stock Exchange *	Douala	2001	2019	2	DSX

See also

• Africa portal

• Central banks and currencies of Africa
• Economy of Africa
• List of stock exchanges
• Stock exchanges of small economies

References

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8. "SEM Trading System operator".
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