Tag: Stock Markets
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Top 10 African Stock Markets by Number of Listed Companies in 2025
Overview: Africa’s most populous capital markets In 2024, the Africa Capital Markets Report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) highlighted a striking gap between Africa’s growth potential and its listed-company base. While roughly 44,000 companies are publicly traded worldwide, only about 1,141 were listed on African exchanges by year-end 2024. The OECD…
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Top 10 African stock markets by number of listed companies
Introduction: Why the number of listed companies matters The depth and breadth of a stock market often reflect a region’s access to capital, corporate diversity, and investor opportunities. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Africa Capital Markets Report 2025 highlights how many African exchanges host, as of the end of 2024, a total…