FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited (“FMDQ Exchange” or the “Exchange”), in line with its commitment to delivering value-driven capital market solutions, continues to provide corporates with efficient access to funding through its Securities Admission Franchise. In this regard, the Exchange’s Board Listings and Markets Committee has approved the quotation of the Agro-Eknor International Limited ₦0.32 billion Series 1 and ₦1.33 billion Series 2 Commercial Papers (CPs) under its ₦5.00 billion CP Issuance Programme on the Exchange.
AgroEknor International Limited (“AgroEknor”) is a Nigerian agribusiness with a strong international presence across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. With a focus on impact and sustainability, the company leverages backward integration and technology-driven value chain solutions to source, refine, and export agricultural commodities. By connecting smallholder farmers and other critical stakeholders to global markets, AgroEknor enhances income generation and promotes inclusive growth across the agricultural ecosystem. Through the quotation of these CPs sponsored by FCMB Capital Markets Limited—a Registration Member (Quotations) of the Exchange— AgroEknor is availed the flexibility to access short-term funding from the Nigerian debt capital markets, supporting its working capital and operational needs.
FMDQ Exchange remains committed to fostering a deep, liquid, and transparent debt market that supports business expansion and economic development. Through its robust platform and governance framework, the Exchange continues to create viable financing pathways for issuers while reinforcing investor confidence across the capital market.
FMDQ Group PLC is Africa’s first vertically integrated financial market infrastructure (FMI) group, strategically positioned to provide registration, listing, quotation and noting services; integrated trading, clearing & central counterparty, settlement, and risk management for financial market transactions; depository of securities, as well as data and information services, across the debt capital, foreign exchange, derivatives and equity markets, through its wholly owned subsidiaries – FMDQ Exchange, FMDQ Clear Limited, FMDQ Depository Limited and FMDQ Private Markets Limited. As a sustainability-focused FMI group, FMDQ Group PLC, through FMDQ Exchange, operates Africa’s premier Green Exchange – FMDQ Green Exchange – positioned to lead the transition towards a sustainable future.