Largest Stock Exchanges in Africa

The JSE Limited (previously the JSE Securities Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange) is the largest stock exchange in Africa and the 16th largest stock exchange in the world. It is South Africa’s only full service securities exchange, connecting buyers and sellers in a variety of different financial markets, namely equities, equity derivatives, agricultural derivatives and interest rate instruments. The JSE provides markets for trading in: equities (JSE Main Board, Africa Board and AltX); equity derivatives (SAFEX); commodity derivatives (SAFEX); interest rate products (Yield-X).

Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) is the fourth largest stock exchange in Africa in terms of trading volumes, and fifth in terms of market capitalization as a percentage of GDP.

Here is the list of Stock Exchanges in Africa:

Botswana:
Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE)

Egypt:
Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchange

Ghana:
Ghana Stock Exchange

Kenya:
Nairobi Stock Exchange

Malawi:
Malawi Stock Exchange

Mauritius:
Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM)

Morocco:
Casablanca Stock Exchange (Bourse de Casablanca)

Namibia:
Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX)

Nigeria:
Nigerian (Lagos) Stock Exchange

South Africa:
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
South African Futures Exchange (SAFEX)
Share Transactions Totally Electronic (STRATE)

Sudan:
Khartoum Stock Exchange

Swaziland:
Swaziland Stock Exchange

Tanzania:
Dar-Es-Salaam Stock Exchange

Tunisia:
Bourse des Valeurs Mobilières de Tunis (Tunis Stock Exchange)

Uganda:
Uganda Securities Exchange

West Africa:
Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres (Regional Stock Exchange for West Africa)

Zambia:
Lusaka Stock Exchange

Zimbabwe:
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange

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