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East African capital markets to stay weak for longer

Analysts project the region’s capital markets will remain weak due to depressed economies.

Trading data from Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority shows that the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) equity market turnover dropped to Ksh140 billion ($1.36 billion) between January and November 2016, from Ksh194.2 billion ($1.89 billion) last year.

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