Pre-launch. Ophir Markets is not yet licensed and live trading is not available. Nothing on this site is an offer of securities. Prices shown are for practice and information only. Read the disclosures.
Global markets.Built for Zambia.
U.S. stocks, LuSE shares and Treasury Bills, bought with Kwacha from your phone. Launching after regulatory approval.
- U.S. stocks & ETFs
- 6,000+
- Minimum to invest
- $1
- Planned FX spread
- 0.5%
- Account access
- 24/7
As planned at launch, subject to regulatory approval.
Three steps from Kwacha to U.S. stocks.
No brokerage account to open abroad. Built around the way Zambians already move money. These are the steps planned for launch.
Create your account
Join the waitlist today. When accounts open, you will sign up with your NRC and verify your identity in the app.
Fund with Kwacha
Top up via mobile money or bank transfer. We convert ZMW to USD with transparent FX before you buy.
Invest globally
Buy fractional shares of U.S. companies from $1. Track performance, set alerts, and build for the long term.
Invest globally, and back home.
Ophir Markets is being built so a Zambian can hold U.S. blue-chips, shares in local companies on the Lusaka Securities Exchange, and Government Treasury Bills side by side, from one Kwacha wallet.
Invest globally
Own fractional shares of the world’s biggest companies — Apple, NVIDIA, Tesla, and 6,000+ U.S. stocks and ETFs. Planned for a later phase, subject to regulatory approval. Available today in practice mode.
And back home
Buy shares in Zambian companies on the Lusaka Securities Exchange and lend to the Government through Treasury Bills — all in Kwacha, with no currency conversion and no FX spread.
Lusaka Securities Exchange
Government Treasury Bills & Bonds
10.5%
91-day
12.3%
182-day
22.0%
15-year
Sample yields for illustration, not a quote or an offer.
Build wealth in dollars to hedge the Kwacha — and invest back into Zambia’s own economy.
Designed for investing from Zambia.
Fund with mobile money
Planned: top up with MTN MoMo, Airtel Money, or Zamtel Kwacha, through payment providers designated by the Bank of Zambia.
Fractional shares from $1
Own a piece of Apple, NVIDIA, or Tesla without buying a whole share. Invest the amount that fits your budget.
One Kwacha wallet
See the exchange rate and the spread before every conversion, with no hidden conversion fees. LuSE shares and T-bills need no conversion at all.
Learn as you invest
Plain-English explanations for first-time investors, with ChiNyanja planned.
Understand it before you invest.
Investing is new for most people we talk to. Start with the basics, at your own pace.
Investing terms, defined
Plain-English definitions of the words you will meet, from “ask price” to Kwacha Treasury Bill yields.
Macro · coming at launch
Why investing in U.S. dollars is a hedge for Zambians
Basics · coming at launch
How fractional shares actually work
Strategy · coming at launch
Dollar-cost averaging from a K500 monthly budget
Built so your money sits with licensed institutions.
Ophir Markets is pre-launch and not yet licensed. The platform is designed so that shares are held by licensed custodians and Kwacha deposits sit in segregated client accounts at a licensed bank, separate from Ophir’s own money. These arrangements are subject to regulatory approval.
Read about our security modelLicensing
Not yet licensed. No live trading until authorised by SEC Zambia.
Payments
Planned through providers designated by the Bank of Zambia.
Custody
Shares to be held by licensed custodians, not by Ophir.
Segregated funds
Customer Kwacha to be kept apart from company money.
Already built into the platform
Two-step sign-in
Withdrawals need an authenticator code as well as your password.
Double-entry ledger
Every Kwacha and dollar movement is recorded twice and reconciled.
Four-eyes controls
Staff actions are logged, and dealing fills need a second person.
The world’s markets, a tap away.
Join the early waitlist and be among the first Zambians to invest globally with Ophir Markets.