Ethiopia opened its stock exchange — part of a plan to lure investors to an economy recovering from a civil war — without any brokers and no initial public offering debuts. The government ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On the newly minted trading floor of a high-rise building in Addis Ababa’s financial district, a bell ...

It was a momentous occasion. But the peal of the bell did not initiate a flurry of trading at the Ethiopian Securities Exchange, which opened on January 10th. With no brokers and only one listed ...