Our Vision
To be Uganda's preferred institution for investments and sourcing of capital
Our Mission
We are committed to empower our customers through service excellence and innovation in order to promote safe, convenient and sustainable investments.
Our Core Values
Key Milestones
1997
The Licensing of the USE by the Uganda Capital Markets Authority to operate as an approved Stock Exchange in June 1997.
1998
The listing of USE's first security, the Ushs 10 billion 4 year East African Development Bank (EADB) Bond in January 1998.
1999
The listing of the 5 year Ushs 8.3 billion PTA Bond in March 1999.
2000
The flotation and eventual listing of USE's first equity, the Uganda Clays Ltd share on the 18th of January. UCL shares were 15% oversubscribed.
2000
The flotation of the British American Tobacco (Uganda) Ltd –BATU share through the USE on 28th June. BATU shares were 5% oversubscribed and represented the second divestiture of government held shares in a company to take place through the Exchange.
2001
The first ever cross border listing in the East African market occurred with the listing of East African Breweries Ltd (EABL) on the Uganda Capital Market on 27th March. EABL is ranked among the top 10 companies on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) in terms of capitalization.
2002
The listing of the Kenya Airways share on the Uganda Capital Markets on the 28th of March becoming USE's second cross listed product. The shares currently have Blue chip status on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE).
2002
The first flotation of a commercial bank's shares on the Uganda Capital market occurred on the 2nd September, 2002 when Bank of Baroda offered 20% of its stock to the public through the USE. 80million shares were on sale in multiples of 100 at Ushs 600 per share. Its shares were 16.7 % oversubscribed.
2002
Official listing of Bank of Baroda Uganda Ltd (BOBU) on the USE on 14th November making it the first financial institution to list on the Uganda Capital Market.
2003
The listing of the first tranche (Ushs 24 billion) of the Ushs 54 billion UTL Medium term Note on Uganda Capital Market was on 16th September.
2003
The Launch of the USE All Share Index on 23rd October 2003.
2004
Official Listing of the 2 year, Ushs 20 billion Uganda Government 20% Coupon Rate Treasury Bond on January 15th making it the first Government Bond to be listed on the USE. Currently there are two 2 year bonds, two 3 year bonds, a 5 year bond and a 10 year bond listed on the stock exchange.
2004
DFCU group goes public making it Uganda's second financial institution to list on the Uganda Capital Market.
2004
New Vision offers 20% of its shareholding for sale to the public, making it the fifth local company to conduct an IPO in the Ugandan Capital market. New Vision Limited (NVL) is officially listed on 16 Dec 2004.
2005
The listing of the 8 year East African Development Bank (EADB) Bond in December 2005.
2006
Official cross-listing of Jubilee Holdings Limited (JHL) on the USE on 14th February making it the first insurance institution to list on the Uganda Capital Market.
2007
Stanbic Bank Uganda is listed on the USE on 25 Jan following a successful IPO that was 200% over-subscribed.
2008
Cross Listing of Kenya Commercial Bank.
2009
Listing of National Insurance Corporation.
2010
Cross Listing of Nation Media Group.
2010
Automation of the Securities Central Depository.
2011
Stanbic bank undertook a bonus share issue in the ratio of 1:1 bringing the total number of shares in issue to 5,118,867,000
2011
Cross Listing of Centum Kenya on the Uganda Securities Exchange.
2012
Cross Listing of Equity Bank Kenya on the Uganda Securities Exchange.
2012
Stanbic Bank Uganda listed an additional 40,950,935,760 shares to the benefit of its shareholders being the bank's second bonus offer after the one done in 2011. It brought the total number of shares to 51,188,669,700.
2012
Umeme Limited was listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange following the offer of 622,378,000 to the public at a price of Ush. 275.
2013
African Development Bank (AfDB) listed its second two-year sh12.5b bond to fund strategic projects in Uganda.
2013
Cross Listing of Uchumi.
2014
NIC undertook a rights issue of 192,000,000 million shares.
2014
NIC undertook a bonus issue from which an additional 819,661,942 bonus shares were listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange.
2014
ADB listed a 10 year bond
2014
DFCU Group undertook a bonus issue in the ratio 1:1
2014
Umeme Limited undertook a secondary offer in which part of the stake of the majority shareholder Umeme Holdings Limited was offered to the public at a price of Ush340.
2015
Automation of trading through ATS and CSD systems.
2017
Launch of the Easy Portal
2017
DFCU undertook a rights issue of 263,157,895 million shares
2017
Demutualization of the Exchange
2018
The Rebrand of the Exchange