Company website: https://www.dbsa.org

Profile

The Development Bank of Southern Africa is one of the leading development financial institutions on the continent. Our primary purpose is delivering impactful development finance solutions that ignite transformative change in South Africa and on the rest of the African continent. Improving the quality of life of people in Africa is the fundamental focus of our development impact. We aim to bend the arc of history towards shared prosperity through multifaceted investments in sustainable infrastructure and human capacity.

Our product solutions span all phases of the infrastructure development value chain from infrastructure planning and project preparation, across range of financing and non-financing investments to infrastructure implementation and delivery. Our primary areas of focus include Energy, ICT, Transport, Water and Sanitation. Our secondary area of focus are Education, Housing and Health.

Event Sponsorships

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023 - Silver Sponsor

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023 - Silver Sponsor

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Francophone Africa 2021 Virtual - Silver Sponsor

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference - Silver Sponsor

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Silver Sponsor

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2019 - Silver Sponsor

Contributors

Nesbert Ruwo

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Francophone Africa 2021 Virtual

• How to develop banks’ approach to lending in the syndicated market to widen the region’s funding portfolio

Palesa Ryan

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023

• Financing infrastructure: How to successfully structure infrastructure deals on the African continent in 2023

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023

• The rise of social infrastructure: How has the continent’s project pipeline evolved given the necessary “prioritisation” of healthcare and affordable housing?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Africa’s energy and social development infrastructure (Healthcare, Education, Housing): Who is investing and what role are financiers & infrastructure companies playing to kick-start these projects?

Tshepo Ntsimane

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Africa’s economic outlook for 2021 and beyond: A regional run-down of post-COVID-19 growth across the continent

Nes Ruwo

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020

Mohan Vivekanandan

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023

• Building back better: How is Africa’s burgeoning infrastructure pipeline going to be funded?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020

Jonathan First

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2019

• Going green: Evaluating the business case for borrowers accessing ESG financing and assessing investor appetite on the continent