A few notes from the Absa Africa [@AbsaKenya] Financial Markets Index 2021:

1. Kenya drops to number 11 from position 7 in 2020. Image
2. Kenya has a low equity turnover of 5% as a percentage of market cap.

Bonds have a way higher turnover vs equity. Image
3. Egyptian exchange is the most active exchange in Africa: Image
4. Kenya is leading in Africa in efforts for green products in the stock market:

CC: @reubenmuhindi Image
5. Regulatory sandboxes for fintech and
innovation across Africa: Image
5. African exchanges are going digital:

"Kenya will soon start the user-testing phase for its upgraded central securities depository, which will provide a web-based centralised registry for sovereign securities" Image
6. Ahem @NSE_PLC. There is a gap here: Image
7. Where are we at with CBDCs in Africa: Image
8. On FX liquidity, look at Nigeria!! Image
9. How Withholding taxes in capital markets compare across Africa: Image
10. On pension funds investing in markets:

- Southern African economies have higher pension assets per capita
- Namibian pension assets growing faster than local market ImageImageImage
11. On debt distress, Mozambique remains in debt distress, having the worst external debt-to-GDP ratio at 97.5%!

Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Zambia are at high risk, while Ivory Coast, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, Senegal and Uganda are at moderate risk. Image
12/12. Full report link: omfif.org/wp-content/upl… Image

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Absa FY 2021:

1. 32% total returns for FY 2021

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2. KES 1.1 Dividend per share for 2021.

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Standard Chartered Bank Kenya [@StanChartKE] is this morning holding an Investor Briefing to announce Full Year 2021 Results.

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