Mr Nixon M. Marumoloa, Chief Executive Officer of the Botswana Savings Bank was appointed Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at the March Board meeting. Mr Marumoloa brings with him valuable experi

Mr Henda Esandju Nicolau da Silva Ingles, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Banco De Desenvolvimento de Angola was appointed Chair of the SADC-DFRC Board in March 2020. Mr Henda brings with

Angola Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) – the Banco Sol, Banco de Poupanca e Credito and Banco de Desenvolvimento de Angola hosted bi-annual meetings of the SADC DFI Network from 5th – 6th Dece

At its December 2019 meeting held in Angola, the Agricultural Bank of Zimbabwe, represented by its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Somkhosi Malaba was appointed to Chair the SADC-DFRC Board of Trustees. T

The Chief Executive Officers for SADC DFIs attended a forum on “SMEs underpinning the SADC Industrialization Strategy” on 5th December 2019 in Luanda, Angola. While SMEs were recognised as playing a v

CEOs and senior officials from different DFIs, governments, financial institutions, the private sector and other development finance stakeholders met in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on the 6th June 2019 f

The DFRC has over the past six months delivered 11 programmes. The programmes attracted 215 participants and achieved high programme evaluation index (PER) ratings of between 86% and 95% each, far abo

The SADC-DFRC bade farewell to Mr Tetsuya Fukunaga, former JICA Development Finance Advisor to the SADC-DFRC. Mr Fukunaga was deployed to the SADC-DFRC by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency

The 17th forum for SADC DFI CEOs was held on 6th December 2018 in Cape Town, RSA. The theme for this forum was “The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Impact on DFIs”. The 4IR encompasses the tech

The DFRC, in collaboration with JICA, organized a trip to Japan on “Industrial Development and Promotion of MSMEs - the Experience of Japan” from 24th September to 2nd October, 2018. Japan is one of t