Beijing has said it want to foster small and medium-sized businesses by setting up third stock exchange in Beijing. The move comes despite an ongoing regulatory crackdown on China's biggest tech companies.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange has upgraded its Data Portal and says the revamped X-DataPortal will provide a more efficient, user-friendly experience. Jude Chiemeka, Head for Trading at the NSE joins CNBC Africa for more.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange, sub-Saharan Africa's second biggest, has won approval from its members to become a listed company.

Databank says gloomy economic outlook have continued to weigh on Ghanaian equities as the Ghana Stock Exchange declined by 26.5 pe rcent year-on-year in the third quarter of this year. Alex Boahen, Head of Research at Databank joins CNBC Africa to look at the country’s equities market.

The London Stock Exchange Group is reportedly set to spurn a takeover bid from Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. Bloomberg's Jan-Henrik Foerster reports on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

As MTN Nigeria plans to list about 20.35 billion shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange by way of introduction tomorrow, Tajudeen Ibrahim, VP and Head of Research at Chapel Hill Denham joins me to assess the equities market on the eve of this landmark listing.

Aviation Company, Skyway Aviation Handling Company, SAHCO Plc, lists on Nigeria's Stock Exchange today. CNBC Africa is joined by Basil Agboarumi, CEO, SAHCO to discuss facts behind the listing on the NSE.

Newly appointed Chairman of Berger Paints Abi Ayida, joins CNBC Africa on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange to share the fact behind the paint maker's half-year numbers.

David Schwimmer, Chief Executive Officer of the London Stock Exchange says British investors see a long-term growth potential and opportunity in Africa. He discussed this and more with CNBC Africa’s Wole Famurewa when he visited Nigeria as part of the U.K delegates who accompanied Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May.

As representatives of Nigerian oil and Gas Company, Seplat wrap up facts behind the figures session at the Nigerian Stock Exchange, the company's CEO, Austin Avuru, joins CNBC Africa to give an outlook for the Nigerian oil and gas sector.

Tadawul CEO, Khalid Al Hussan, discusses global investor optimism in the Saudi Arabian stock exchange. He addresses the crackdown on corruption and talks about the Saudi Aramco IPO.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange begins its first trading day of the year after a ceremony joined by Finance Minister Taro Aso and women in traditional Japanese kimonos.