•  Gambia's Economy contracted in 2014 on weak tourism, agriculture 
•  Ugandan Shilling weaker on dollar demand by manufacturers
•  ASI +17bps, $22.3mill 
•  There were solid gains in GTB (+2.2%, N23.20), FBNH (+2.5%, N7.80) and ETI (+1.85%, N16.50).
•  NSE20 +23bps, $13.2mill 
•  Foreign demand drove Safcom +1.3% higher as 33.85m shares traded in the telco thanks to a few crosses.
• DCI +1bps, $78k
• Semdex +9bps, $1.91mil
• Ind -2bps, $764k
| Country | Notation | Currency | YTD % | 
| South Africa | ZAR | 11.48 | +0.77 | 
| Nigeria | NGN | 201.28 | -8.86 | 
| Kenya | KES | 91.49 | -0.97 | 
| Mauritius | MUR | 33.25 | -4.51 | 
| Botswana | BWP | 9.57 | -0.78 | 
| Tanzania | TZS | 1820.00 | -4.78 | 
| Uganda | UGX | 2880.00 | -3.78 | 
| Rwanda | RWF | 695.20 | -0.78 | 
| Ghana | GHS | 3.46 | -7.14 | 
| BRVM | XOF | 581.75 | -6.70 | 
| Egypt | EGP | 7.57 | -5.63 | 
| Morocco | MAD | 9.53 | -4.83 | 
| Tunisia | TND | 1.93 | -3.57 |