Nearly 38,000 investment accounts opened in Ethiopia's capital market
The capital-market regulator's director general said about 187,000 physical securities records have been digitised and daily trading regularly exceeds 50 million birr.
Event / data period: 2026-10-05
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Ethiopian Capital Market Authority (ECMA) Director General Hana Tehelku told the Ethiopian News Agency on 5 October that nearly 38,000 citizens had opened investment accounts, most of them actively trading. She said ECMA oversees 26 registered companies, including seven in the securities market.
Tehelku said roughly 187,000 physical securities records had been digitised into the central depository system. Daily transaction volumes consistently exceed 50 million birr and sometimes top 60 million, she said. The figures describe the authority head's account of the developing market's institutional and digital infrastructure.
Data
Ethiopia capital-market indicators
Market and participation indicators attributed to the ECMA director general in an ENA interview.
| ECMA-registered companies | 26, including 7 in the securities market |
| Physical security records digitised | Approximately 187,000 |
| Citizens with investment accounts | Nearly 38,000 |
| Daily transaction volume | Consistently more than ETB 50 million; sometimes more than ETB 60 million |
Methodology
The table preserves the source's approximate and lower-bound wording. Daily turnover is said to consistently exceed 50 million birr and sometimes top 60 million.
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