ABOUT BSE
The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) is Botswana’s sole stock exchange given the responsibility to operate and regulate the securities market. The formation of the BSE can be traced back to 1989, when it was then known as Botswana Share Market (BSM). In September 1994, the legislation to transform the BSM into a full exchange was passed by Parliament paving the way for the establishment of the BSE where trading opened in November 1995. In March 1998, Ernst and Young took the full administration of the BSE. BSE’s demutualization process commenced on the 1st December 2015 to form what is currently a company limited by shares under the Companies Act. Ultimately, BSE was demutualized on 2nd August 2018 and is now owned by the Government of the Republic of Botswana and the stockbrokers. The BSE operates a vibrant market that allows for the listing and trading of equity, fixed income instruments and exchange traded funds.