According to investinginafrica.net, the Nairobi Securities Exchange is the best performing stock exchange in Africa based on the return an investor would receive having invested in the exchange at the beginning of the year (2012) and holding the investment to date, the year to date return. This analysis was based on information sourced from Bloomberg.com

Using this reasoning, the site says that the NSE is the best performing African stock exchange thus far in 2012. This return makes the NSE the best performing exchange in Africa ahead of exchanges with larger market capitalizations (of the listed companies) such as the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

The website considers itself a “field guide to sub-Saharan stock markets” and aims to inform and educate foreigners on the procedure, process and benefits of investing in Africa.