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THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS CENTER FOR AFRICA (SDGC/A) Management attended a conference on “Africa 2030: SDGs within Social Boundaries – Leave no one behind”, on 22nd July 2021. The conference aim was to gather leaders from across the globe to present a candid perspective on the SDG progress across the African continent, lessons learnt, challenges […]

CEO’s Forum, 23rd June 2021 The forum was held jointly with the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) under the theme “Resource Mobilisation for DFIs in SADC Region”. The aim of the forum was to reach out to DFIs and expose them to the opportunities of funding available for development projects. The funding sources discussed […]

PRUDENTIAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES RATING SYSTEM (PSGRS) The Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) announced its 10th PSGRS Self-Assessment and Peer Review Report, listing twenty-two (22) DFIs in the Table of Honour as top performing DFIs. The list includes nine (9) members of the SADC DFI Network, rated very well with the highest at […]

SADC DFI Heads discuss the Post COVID-19 Investment Challenges for Development Finance Institutions Chief Executives of SADC Development Finance Institutions convened a virtual forum on “Post COVID-19 Investment Challenges for Development Finance Institutions” on 9th July, 2020…

APPOINTMENTS TO SPEARHEAD SADC-DFRC BOARD AND AUDIT COMMITTEE Mr Henda Esandju Nicolau da Silva Ingles, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Banco De Desenvolvimento de Angola (BDA) was appointed Deputy Chair of the SADC-DFRC Board in March 2020. Mr Henda brings with him a wealth of experience in matters of institutional governance acquired from […]

AGRICULTURAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE CHAIRS THE SADC DFRC BOARD 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. This follows the end of tenure of office for Mr Gisbertus Mukulu, Chief Executive for […]

STRUCTURED TRADE FINANCE On the 29th July – 2nd August 2019, the SADC-DFRC ran a Structured Trade Finance programme in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The aim of the programme was to enhance competencies of trade finance professionals and corporate bankers in structured trade financing; to unpack the interplay between global trade finance product concepts, applicable […]

GREEN FINANCE AND DFIS IN SADC 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 for the 18th biannual SADC DFI CEOs’ Forum. The forum focused on “Green Finance and Development Finance Institutions in SADC”. This […]

SADC DFI NETWORK CEOS MET ON FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (4IR) 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 technological advancements that are moving us from basic connectivity […]

NIDCS, SONAPAR, SNHB JOIN THE SADC DFI NETWORK A trio of Development Finance Institution (DFI) viz; National Industrial Development Corporation of Swaziland (NIDCS), Societe Nationale de Participations (SONAPAR) and the Swaziland National Housing Board (SNHB) acceded to the SADC DFI Network membership at the recent meeting held in Swaziland to bring membership to a total […]