Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank

Established in 1985, the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) is a multilateral, treaty-based, investment-grade development finance institution, with 40 sovereign and institutional shareholders and assets of USD 6.7 bn. TDB’s mandate is to finance and foster trade, regional economic integration and sustainable development, through trade finance, project & infrastructure finance and asset management. The Bank’s shareholder base comprises 22 member states from across COMESA, EAC SADC, and IGAD, 2 non-regional members, as well as 17 African and non-African institutional members, including various pension funds, insurance companies, development finance institutions, and a think tank. In the past 6 years, TDB’s shareholder base has doubled, shareholder funds, total assets, portfolio size and annual net profits have multiplied several-fold, while non-performing loans are at their lowest level, at 2.33%. As a specialized mid-size regional financial powerhouse, the Bank has become one of the leading players in the region in project, corporate and trade finance, as well as in driving major syndicated facilities with global banks. It has launched new business operations including export credit co-financing, advisory services, SME co-financing and risk sharing, as well as a new Academy and a trade fund. The consistent delivery of high levels of development impact alongside attractive financial ret