At that time, the exchange had just one listing, a bond issued by the East African Development Bank.

According to published reports in 2013, there were plans to integrate the four exchanges to form a single East African bourse.

[10] In 2010, the USE was the best performing stock exchange in Sub-Saharan Africa, with an All-Shares Index return of 74 percent between January and November 2010.

[26] (5) Umeme, the largest electric power distributor in Uganda, is listed primarily on the USE and is crosslisted on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.

[23] (6) Equity Group Holdings Limited is listed primarily on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (2006).

At incorporation, the paid up capital was USh 42 million, with each of the founding investor firms owning 6,000,000 shares, each valued at 10/= each.