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Africa's emerging exchanges represent the newest chapter in the global story of financial markets, each reflecting its nation's economic aspirations.
| Exchange | City | Country | Established | Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kairouan Souks | Kairouan | Tunisia | c. 9th century CE | Aghlabid/Fatimid medina with vaulted souks |
| Al-Mahdiyya Fatimid Port | Mahdia | Tunisia | 916 CE | Fatimid fortified port city |
| Cape Town Commercial Exchange | Cape Town | South Africa | 1819 | Georgian Neoclassical (Cape colonial) |
| Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) | Johannesburg | South Africa | 1887 | Varied (initially modest, later modern) |
| Old Johannesburg Stock Exchange ("Between the Chains") | Johannesburg | South Africa | 1887 | Victorian / Edwardian classical (temple-front portico, arched pediments, rusticated base) |
| Bulawayo Stock Exchange (The Exchange Building) | Bulawayo | Zimbabwe | 1894 (Exchange Building opened 1896) | Victorian colonial commercial |
| Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) | Harare | Zimbabwe | 1896 | Colonial |
| Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) | Nairobi | Kenya | 1954 | Modernist |
| Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX) | Lagos | Nigeria | 1960 | Modern |
| Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) | Lagos | Nigeria | 1961 | Modern Nigerian |
| Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) | Gaborone | Botswana | 1989 | Modernist |
| Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) | Accra | Ghana | 1989 | Tropical Modernist |
| Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) | Port Louis | Mauritius | 1989 | Modern Tropical |
| Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) | Windhoek | Namibia | 1992 | Modern |
| Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE) | Lusaka | Zambia | 1993 | Postmodern Functional |
| Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) | Blantyre | Malawi | 1994 | Modest Functional |
| Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 1996 | Postcolonial |
| Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) | Kampala | Uganda | 1997 | Modern Functional |
| Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) | Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 1998 | Pan-African Modern |
| Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) | Kigali | Rwanda | 2011 | Contemporary |