Rwanda Stock Exchange

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Rwanda Stock Exchange
Type Stock Exchange
Industry Finance
Predecessor Rwanda Over The Counter Exchange
Founded31 January 2011
Headquarters Kigali, Rwanda
Key people
Celestin Rwabukumba
Chief Executive Officer [1]
Products Stock trading services
Website www.rse.rw

The Rwanda Stock Exchange Limited was incorporated on 7 October 2005 with the objective of carrying out stock market operations. The Stock Exchange was demutualized from the start as it was registered as a company limited by shares. The company was officially launched on 31 January 2011.

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History

The exchange's doors opened for trading on 31 January 2011. That day coincided with the first day of trading in the stock of Rwanda's only brewery, Bralirwa, which trades under the symbol BLR. [2] The Rwanda Stock Exchange replaced the Rwanda Over The Counter Exchange that had been in operation since January 2008, with two companies listed, namely Kenya Commercial Bank Group (KCB) listed on 18 June 2009 and National Media Group (NMG) listed on 2 November 2010. [3]

Expansion

Having successfully launched Bralirwa as its pioneer initial public offering (IPO), RSE's second IPO was Bank of Kigali, launched on 31 June 2011. [4] On 14 April 2015, Crystal Ventures announced its intention to have an initial public offering (IPO) on the Rwanda Stock Exchange of its wholly owned subsidiary, Crystal Telecom. [5] Crystal Telecom holds a 20% stake in MTN Rwanda, [6] the country's largest telecoms company.

In February 2011, the National Bank of Rwanda, the country's Central Bank, contracted Central Depository and Settlement Corporation (CDSC), a Kenyan company, to serve the Rwanda Stock Exchange for one year and to train Rwandan staff until Rwanda can start and operate its own securities registry. [7] On 7 December 2012, RSE launched the Rwanda Stock Exchange Share Index (RSESI), an independently calculated, rules-based, market capitalization weighted performance benchmark for Rwanda Stock Exchange's equities. [8]

The future

As of April 2014, the RSE trades five listed local and East African companies and also carries out trading of three government and one corporate fixed income instruments. [9] The exchange, which is open five days a week, is a member of the African Stock Exchanges Association. The RSE operates in close association with the Nairobi Stock Exchange in Kenya, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange in Tanzania and the Uganda Securities Exchange in Uganda. There are plans to integrate the four stock exchanges to form a single East African bourse. [10] In January 2016 The EastAfrican reported that three IPOs were in the pipeline. [11]

Market listing

As of February 2022

NumberSymbolCompanyISIN-CodeNotes
1.BRL Bralirwa RW000A1H63N6 Brewing, Bottling
2.KCB Kenya Commercial Bank Group KE0000000315 Banking, Finance
3.NMG Nation Media Group KE0000000380 Publishing, Printing, Broadcasting, Television
4.BOK Bank of Kigali [12] RW000A1JCYA5 Banking, Finance
5.USL Uchumi Supermarkets [13] KE0000000489 Supermarkets
6.EQTY Equity Group Holdings Limited [14] KE0000000554 Banking, Finance
7.CTL Crystal Telecom Rwanda RW000A14UYP4 Mobile telephony
8.IMR I&M Bank Rwanda Limited RW000A2DN989 Banking, Finance
9.RHBRH Bophelo [15] ZAE000244737 Healthcare, Investments
10.CMR Cimerwa Cement Limited Cement
11.MTNR MTN Rwandacell Plc [16] Telecommunications

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