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Policy positions.

Shabba's substantive positions on the regulatory and rule-making questions that shape capital market infrastructure across East and West Africa.

DepartmentPolicy
EditorShabba Financial
Established2026
CycleContinuous
Executive study with bookshelves, where the writing gets done
The docket

Positions on the editorial schedule. Each entry is a substantive paper in drafting against a live regulatory or rule-making question. Publishes when review is complete.

On the editorial schedule.

POL-001
Mar 2026

OSF licensing pathway on NSE NEXT

Position paper on what the OSF programme needs to support institutional algorithmic participation.

RegulatorCMA Kenya · NSE
In drafting
POL-002
Apr 2026

CMA Kenya SLB sandbox response

Response to the screen-based vs bilateral SLB framework, what an institutional borrower-lender needs to participate.

RegulatorCMA Kenya · CDSC
In drafting
POL-003
May 2026

NGX market-maker programme review

Reading of the relaunched programme under SEC Nigeria rules and what entry as a Trading License Holder requires.

RegulatorSEC Nigeria · NGX
In drafting
What lives here
  • Consultation responses to regulators (CMSA, CMA Kenya, SEC Nigeria, JSE/FSCA)
  • Framework analyses on new product launches, derivatives, ETFs, securities lending
  • Market structure design, tick regimes, fee economics, market-maker programmes
  • Rule-change commentary affecting the operational environment of East African capital markets
How we approach this

The pieces in this department are written as operational answers, not lobbying positions. The infrastructure we run is the same infrastructure the rules are written to govern, so the feedback comes from the place of having to live with the result.

Plain language. No partisan framing. The substance is the work.

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Working on a consultation or framework?

If you are a regulator, exchange, or industry participant working on a policy question relevant to the markets we operate in, we are happy to engage.