Nairobi Securities Exchange – Stock Exchange in Nairobi

The Nairobi Securities Exchange is Kenya's main stock exchange and one of the oldest in Africa, with trading dating back to the 1950s. Its offices are at the Exchange, 55 Westlands Road in Nairobi. The exchange provides a platform for companies to raise capital by listing shares and bonds, and for investors to trade them through licensed stockbrokers and investment banks. Listed companies include Safaricom, Equity Group, KCB Group, East African Breweries and many others across banking, telecoms, manufacturing, energy and agriculture. Besides equities, the NSE handles government and corporate bonds, exchange-traded funds, real estate investment trusts and a derivatives market. It runs investor education programmes and publishes market data and indices such as the NSE 20 and NASI. Investors, issuers and the public can contact the exchange by phone or email for information.