Rights issues dominate the NSE as listing drought persists

Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) on the trading floor of the Exchange building in Nairobi on August 26, 2020.

Photo credit: Salation Njau| Nairobi

Rights issues or offers by firms to existing shareholders to purchase additional shares have been the dominant fixture of capital raising at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)amid an initial public offering (IPO) drought.

In an IPO, a company sells shares to new members while simultaneously listing or going public.

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