Ethiopia relaunched its stock exchange, the Ethiopian Securities Exchange, on Friday after a 50-year absence. The operations of the Ethiopia Securities Exchange were stopped in 1974 following the takeover by a communist military government.

Abiy Ahmed hails launch as historic milestone for economic and financial landscape of Horn of Africa country - Anadolu Ajansı

Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday officially launched the country's first stock exchange in more than 50 years, describing it as a "historic milestone" for the nation's economy.

After decades of trying to do so, Ethiopia is now on course to launch its first-ever stock exchange later this year

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed rang a Wall Street-style bell to officially launch the country’s first stock exchange in 50 years on

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the nation’s first-ever stock market, the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX), with

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.

Ethiopia launched a securities exchange on Friday, in what officials touted as a milestone in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's drive to open up the country's tightly controlled economy to private investment.