African Securities Exchanges Association

Overview of Stock exchanges in Africa

African Securities Exchanges AssociationAbbreviation| ASEA

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Formation| 1993; 32 years ago (1993)
Legal status| Non-profit organization
Purpose| Trade association for securities exchanges in the Africa region
Location|

* Nairobi, Republic of Kenya

Region served

| Africa
Membership| 26 Full Members and 6 Associate Members
Website| african-exchanges.org

African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) is trade association for securities exchanges in Africa headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The associations aim is to provide a formal framework for the mutual co-operation of securities exchanges in the African region. Its functions include the exchange of information and assistance in the development of member exchanges.[1][2]

As of 2022[update], there were 30 exchanges in Africa, representing 39 nations' capital markets. At that time, ASEA had 26 Full Members and 6 Associate Members.[3]

## Member Organisations

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* Bolsa de Valores de Cabo Verde \- Praia, Cape Verde
* Bolsa de Valores de Mozambique \- Maputo, Mozambique
* Botswana Stock Exchange \- Gaborone, Botswana
* Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres \- Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
* Bourse des Valeurs Mobilières de Tunis \- Tunis, Tunisia
* Casablanca Stock Exchange \- Casablanca, Morocco
* Egyptian Exchange \- Cairo, Egypt
* FMDQ Securities Exchange \- Lagos, Nigeria
* Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange \- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
* Douala Stock Exchange \- Douala, Cameroon
* Ghana Stock Exchange \- Accra, Ghana
* JSE Limited \- Sandton, South Africa
* Khartoum Stock Exchange \- Khartoum, Sudan
* Libyan Stock Market \- Tripoli, Libya
* Lusaka Stock Exchange \- Lusaka, Zambia
* Malawi Stock Exchange \- Blantyre, Malawi
* Nairobi Stock Exchange \- Nairobi, Kenya (Now Nairobi Securities Exchange Limited)
* Namibian Stock Exchange \- Windhoek, Namibia
* Nigerian Stock Exchange \- Lagos, Nigeria
* Rwanda Stock Exchange \- Kigali, Rwanda
* Stock Exchange of Mauritius \- Port Louis, Mauritius
* Sierra Leone Stock Exchange \- Sierra Leone
* Uganda Securities Exchange Limited - Kampala, Uganda
* Zimbabwe Stock Exchange \- Harare, Zimbabwe

In addition, the African Securities Exchanges maintains a partnership agreement with the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges.[4]

## See also

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* List of stock exchanges

## References

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1. ^ "ASEA Who we are". ASEA. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
2. ^ "PAPSS and ASEA forge strategic partnership to revolutionize cross-border payment of Stock Exchanges in Africa". Afreximbank. April 26, 2023.
3. ^ Zwane, Thuletho (May 16, 2023). "Partnership to improve cross-border payment of stock exchanges in Africa". BusinessDay.
4. ^ "FEAS > Member Profiles". Archived from the original on 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2019-05-09.

## External links

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* African Securities Exchanges Association
* African Capital Markets News
* Investing in Africa
* Nairobi Securities Exchange
* Johannesburg Stock Exchange
* World Federation of Exchanges
* Sierra Leone: a one-stock shop