Africa Tech 50 Index enters African exchange activation phase after LSE launch

Indexa Exchange Group will on Wednesday July 15 activate the Africa Tech 50 Index – AT50 – with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in Johannesburg.

The Africa Tech 50 Index – AT50 – is a benchmark for Africa’s leading scaled private technology companies. It is designed to improve visibility, comparability and capital markets readiness across the continent’s technology economy

The activation with the JSE follows its launch at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) earlier this year. With the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Africa Tech 50 Index – AT50 – is entering its African exchange activation phase.

“Africa’s technology companies are scaling, but the market still lacks consistent infrastructure to understand, compare and track that growth. AT50 was created to provide a benchmark for Africa’s leading private technology companies and to support a more disciplined bridge between private markets and capital markets.

“Following our London launch, the African exchange activation phase is an important step in making Africa’s growth story more visible, more comparable and more institutionally legible,” said Gbite Oduneye, chair, Africa Tech 50 Index.

The JSE activation marks the next step in the development of AT50 from a London-launched benchmark into a broader piece of market infrastructure for Africa’s scaled private technology companies.

AT50 was launched at the London Stock Exchange on January 28, 2026 as a benchmark for 50 of Africa’s leading scaled private technology companies. The index applies a rules-based methodology across company scale, revenue strength, valuation momentum, liquidity visibility, governance maturity, strategic expansion and market signal.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange activation is designed to bring the benchmark into closer engagement with African capital markets, institutional investors, exchanges and the companies shaping the continent’s technology economy.

Interestingly, this is not a new launch from scratch but the continuation of a benchmark first launched at the London Stock Exchange, now moving into African exchange-hosted activation as Indexa builds greater visibility, comparability and capital markets readiness for Africa’s technology economy.

Why this matters…

Africa’s leading private technology companies have reached a level of scale that requires more durable reference points than funding announcements or rankings. AT50 provides a benchmark for scaled private technology companies across Africa, supporting comparability before liquidity. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange activation connects private-market growth with African capital markets engagement. The initiative supports readiness before listings, liquidity events or broader institutional participation.

Indexa Exchange Group is building index and intelligence infrastructure for private and growth markets, connecting private-market scale with capital-market visibility. Its flagship Africa Tech Index family includes the Africa Tech 50 Index – AT50.