Afinoan stock markets are moving closer to integration. A total of 30 brokerage firms for cross-border trade have been selected for an ambitious project with a combined market capitalization of $1.25 trillion.

The managers of the African stock exchanges have selected 30 brokerage firms for cross-border trade to participate in an ambitious project to integrate seven exchanges with a combined market capitalization of $1.25 trillion.  Johannesburg, the Nairobi Stock Exchange, the Nigerian Stock Exchange, the Mauritius Stock Exchange, the Egyptian Stock Exchange, the Casablanca Stock Exchange and the Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM) bringing together eight West African countries — Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.