Nairobi, Jan. 11 -- Blue-chip stocks on the Nairobi bourse offered foreign investors the second-highest dollarised returns in 2025 among the 10 African markets tracked by the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) frontier and emerging market indices.

MSCI data shows that Egypt's stock exchange led with a gain of 99 percent to 743 points during the year, supported by double-digit share price growth among its largest companies, including CIB Bank and TMG Holding, and a 6.2 percent appreciation of the Egyptian pound against the dollar in 2025.

The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), which is represented by 18 companies on the MSCI frontier and small-cap indices, returned 52.2 percent, closing at 1,391.28 points on December 31, 2025. ...