Ethiopia in historic stock market move

The Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) has been granted two vital licences to operate the country’s first securities exchange, with Ethiopia’s financial regulator pronouncing the permits a “monumental step”.

The new platform, which aims to play a key role in Ethiopia’s capital market ecosystem, confirmed on 7 December that it had obtained an operational licence and over-the-counter (OTC) market licence from the Ethiopian Capital Market Authority (ECMA). The licences also permit ESX to operate as a self-regulatory organisation.

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