{{Short description|Stock exchange located in Mbabane, Swaziland}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = Eswatini Stock Exchange | logo = EswatiniStockMarketlogo.png | logo_size = | logo_caption = | type = | foundation = 1990 | location = Mbabane | key_people = Sibusiso Dlamini, Founder | num_employees = | industry = Finance | products = Stock Trading Services | homepage = {{url|https://ese.co.sz}} }}
The '''Eswatini Stock Exchange''' ('''ESE''') is a small stock exchange headquartered in Mbabane, Eswatini. It was established in July 1990 as a non-bank credit institution by Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, a former World Bank executive who became Eswatini's Prime Minister, to enable ordinary Swatis to become stakeholders in their economy. All listings are included in the sole index, the ESE All Share Index, which is unweighted. There are a handful of listed public companies, as well as some listed government stock options, listed debentures, government guaranteed stock and non trading mutual funds.
Exchange Control approval is required for foreigners wishing to invest on the stock market.
Stockbrokers on the Exchange are licensed by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) and there is no regulation regarding the foreign ownership of brokerage firms.
In 2019, the government of Eswatini announced that the stock exchange now allows for automated trading.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 15, 2019 |title=PM launches automated Eswatini Stock Exchange |url=https://www.gov.sz/index.php |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=www.gov.sz |language=en-gb}}</ref> In December 2023, the First National Bank of Eswatini began trading on the exchange.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-12-06 |title=First National Bank of Eswatini (FNBE) Limited commences trading on the Eswatini Stock Exchange - african markets |url=https://www.african-markets.com/en/news/southern-africa/swaziland/first-national-bank-of-eswatini-fnbe-limited-commences-trading-on-the-eswatini-stock-exchange |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=www.african-markets.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>
==See also== *List of African stock exchanges *Economy of Eswatini
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==External links== *[http://www.ese.co.sz/ Official site]
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Category:Stock exchanges in Africa Category:Companies of Eswatini Category:Economy of Eswatini Category:Buildings and structures in Mbabane Category:1990 establishments in Swaziland
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