1. DEGRP: DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme, Call 3
Research Project Workshop
At SOAS University of London, March 3rd – 4th 2017
Building data sets on African stock markets Victor Murinde & associates, University of Birmingham and collaborating institutions ESRC Reference - ES/N013344/1: Delivering Inclusive Financial Development and Growth Research Project Workshop SOAS University of London 3rd – 4th March, 2017

2. AFRICAN STOCK MARKET DATA
COUNTRY
NO OF FIRMS
PERIOD OF OBSERVATION
BOTSWANA 25
02/27/ /09/2016
EGYPT
260
12/31/ /09/2016
GHANA 37
01/03/ /09/2016
IVORY COAST 43
01/08/ /09/2016
KENYA 63
MALAWI 14
07/10/ /09/2016
MAURITIUS 81
07/21/ /09/2016
MOROCCO 78
NAMIBIA 8
11/23/ /09/2016
NIGERIA
210
08/20/ /09/2016
RWANDA 3
07/08/ /09/2016
SOUTH AFRICA
376
SWAZILAND 1
NOT QUITE AVAILABLE
TANZANIA 17
TUNISIA 79
07/05/ /09/2016
UGANDA
04/01/ /09/2016
ZAMBIA 20
01/03/ /09/2016
ZIMBABWE 66
11/02/ /09/2016

3. EXAMPLE OF THE KENYA STOCK MARKET
VARIABLE
NAME N
MEAN SD
P25
P50
P75 PS
Price adjusted unpadded
150448
9.3400 MV
Market value
218064 DY
Dividend yield
3.1112
3.7640
0.0000
2.3200
4.5200 PI
Price index
217960
EPS
Earnings per share
211017
4.0714
7.4940
0.2600
1.4000
4.3600
UVO
Unadjusted volume
150897
3.3000 RI
Total return index
217961
WC05301
Common shares outstanding
145634 RZ
Return index as paid VO
Turnover by volume
150407
5.0000
UPH
Unadjusted price high
150919
UPL
Unadjusted price low
150917
PTBV
Price to book value
152485
2.3079
4.0842
0.7200
1.4700
2.5800

4. Going Forward More African countries to be covered
Data to be made available on research project website
More company finance variables to be included in the dataset
Completion expected by October 2017