Our goal is to empower you with the knowledge to make informed decisions and ensure a fair and transparent investment experience.
Every Investment Entails a Risk!
The ECMA aims to ensure the existence of a capital market environment in which securities can be issued and traded in an orderly, fair, efficient and transparent manner.
In Ethiopia, investors are broadly categorized into:
Retail Investors
Any person who sells, buys, or holds securities expecting financial return from such transactions.
Institutional Investors
Institutions/companies investing in capital market products such as;
Banks, insurance companies, microfinance and other financial institutions.
Federal and regional governments.
Collective Investment Schemes,
State owned enterprises,
Pension and retirement funds
Foreign Investors
Includes non-Ethiopian investors participating in Ethiopia’s capital market and includes;
A foreign national investor
An enterprise in which a foreign national has an ownership stake
An enterprise incorporated outside of Ethiopia by any investor
An enterprise established jointly by two or three of the investors specified above
An Ethiopian permanently residing abroad and preferring treatment as a foreign investor; but, doesn’t include foreign nationals of Ethiopian origin who prefer to be treated as Ethiopian nationals;
Public Announcement
This public notice is directed at publicly held companies established or raising capital through public subscription under the Commercial Code of Ethiopia. Specifically, it concerns companies with more than fifty (50) shareholders, regardless of the sector or industry in which they operate. Please select either button for further information.
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