Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

DBSA is a development finance institution driving financial and non-financial investments in the social and economic infrastructure sectors.

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is a state owned entity with the purpose of accelerating sustainable socio-economic development and improve the quality of life of the people of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) by driving financial and non-financial investments in the social and economic infrastructure sectors. - Social infrastructure: Infrastructure aimed at addressing backlogs and expediting the delivery of essential social services to support sustainable living conditions and a better quality of life within communities - Economic infrastructure: Infrastructure aimed at addressing capacity constraints and bottlenecks in order to optimise economic growth potential The DBSA has prioritised water, energy, transport and ICT as its key focus areas.