About Us
The ESX Academy is the cornerstone of education and capacity-building efforts within the Ethiopian Capital Markets ecosystem. The Academy is dedicated to fostering investor education, enhancing financial literacy, and promoting inclusion to empower stakeholders at every level. In a market where capital markets are in their infancy, the Academy plays a critical role in equipping individuals and institutions with the knowledge and skills necessary for meaningful participation in Ethiopia’s emerging financial ecosystem.
Through a diverse range of initiatives, the ESX Academy offers tailored educational programs, workshops, and training designed to meet the needs of issuers, investors, capital market service providers, financial professionals, and the general public. Our modules include several offerings, delivered in multiple content types, ensuring accessibility and flexibility for all participants. Leveraging a Learning Management System, the Academy provides customized e-learning options, including pre-recorded content, to engage learners nationwide.
At the heart of the ESX Academy’s mission are the following objectives:
- Education and Awareness: Enhancing understanding of the role of capital markets, the ESX, and the functions and operations that underpin a vibrant financial ecosystem.
- Capacity Building: Addressing knowledge and skill gaps among financial market professionals, investors, and the public to support active and informed participation.
- Financial Literacy and Inclusion: Promoting widespread financial literacy to drive greater inclusion and create opportunities for Ethiopians to benefit from capital market developments.
- Job Creation and Sustainability: Supporting job creation in the financial sector while building a knowledgeable and empowered stakeholder base to ensure the long-term success of ESX and the Ethiopian Capital Markets.
The ESX Academy is more than an educational hub; it is a catalyst for change, aiming to transform Ethiopia’s financial landscape by fostering innovation, inclusion, and growth. We are committed to empowering individuals and organizations to thrive in this new era of Ethiopian capital markets.
Join us on this journey as we build the future of Ethiopia’s financial sector, one empowered stakeholder at a time.
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About ESX
The Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) is Ethiopia’s first, and only organized securities exchange.
ESX is established as a public private partnership in line with Article 31 of the Capital Market Proclamation (No.1248/2021), licensed by the Ethiopian Capital Market Authority (ECMA).
ESX operates the business of a securities exchange, functions as a Self-Regulatory Organization (“SRO”) and serves as the central market organizer providing an integrated product suite covering the equities, fixed income, and money market segments of the capital markets.
As the pioneer securities exchange, ESX aims to play a critical role in the development and growth of the Ethiopian capital markets.
ESX’s core objective is to facilitate access to capital and support effective capital allocation in a manner that supports Ethiopia’s economic growth. By developing a well-regulated and efficient capital market ecosystem, ESX will enable mobilization of financial resources for both public and private sector institutions while providing investors a reliable platform to invest in a reliable and efficient environment.
To provide a modern, reliable, transparent, and efficient environment for securities trading in Ethiopia, through adaptation of modern exchange business operations, skill, technology, and trust.
Contribute to the economic development of Ethiopia by promoting savings and the efficient aggregation of capital for long term investment.
Building a sustainable institution that is dynamic and fitting to both Ethiopian and regional issuers and investors.
To become a premier, innovative, and vertically integrated securities exchange in Africa.
Transparency, Innovation, Efficiency, Sustainability, Integrity, Fairness, Excellence.
ESX will play a critical role in the market development, policy advocacy, institutional reform, in cooperation and consultation with relevant stakeholders to develop the Ethiopian capital markets, with the aim to:
o Build investor confidence.
o Attract new issuers and investors to the market in particular SMEs with high growth potential.
o Serve the wider Ethiopian business community and provide a sustainable vehicle to build a diverse issuer and investor base.
o Diversify its product and service offerings and maintain new product innovation and development.
o ESX will also contribute to positioning Ethiopia as a key regional financial center and destination to doing business, by:
o Studying, advocating, and implementing strategies and recommendations that are aimed at attracting investments into the Ethiopian capital markets from across the region.
o Pursuing partnerships and collaboration with regional and global industry players.
More about ESX Ethiopia can be found at: https://esxethiopia.com
About FSD Ethiopia
FSD Ethiopia is a development agency that aims to support the development of accessible, inclusive, and sustainable financial markets for economic growth.
Established in 2021, FSD Ethiopia works on identifying the underlying factors that contribute to financial system failures, enabling market participants to address these constraints and help build a functional and effective financial sector that contributes to
economic growth.
FSD Ethiopia provides technical assistance, grants, and research insights to policymakers, regulators, and market actors to drive large-scale change in financial markets and support sustainable economic development. It works with public, private, and development partners in the financial sector to address critical system constraints to facilitate change that allows the provision of effective, transparent, stable, and inclusive financial systems. It provides tailored services to help diverse stakeholders achieve their goals and design interventions to make Ethiopia’s financial sector function effectively and inclusively.
More about FSD Ethiopia can be found here: https://fsdethiopia.org/