60 Years of History

Chronicling Ethiopia’s markets

  • ESX

    PM Abiy Ahmed rings the bell, marking the launch of the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX). Read more ⇢

  • Tele Shares

    Ethio Telecom (‘tele’) offers 10% of its shares to the public exclusively through the company’s telebirr app. Read more ⇢

  • ECX

    The government of Meles Zenawi introduces the Ethiopian Commodities Exchange (ECX) as an organized commodities market. Read more ⇢

  • ETHSDG

    Entrepreneurs try organizing an “Ethiopian Share Dealing Group” under the Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (AACCSA). Read more ⇢

  • Nationalization

    Derg nationalizes banks and insurance industry, dissolves share dealing groups. Read more ⇢

  • AASDG

    Haile Selassie’s imperial government organizes a collective of merchants known as the Addis Ababa Share Dealing Group. Read more ⇢

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