Established in 1985, the Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB Group) is an African regional multilateral development bank, with a mandate to finance and foster trade, regional economic integration, and sustainable development in Africa.
TDB Group provides tailored, fit-for-purpose short-term and long-term development financing solutions across diverse sectors to its sovereigns, financial institutions, and corporate clients, including SMEs – supporting activities that are critical to the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of its Member States.
To deploy its diversified offerings, the Group leverages its stable of specialised vehicles, working hand-in-hand with its member states, multilateral and bilateral banks, commercial banks, different types of investors, philanthropic organisations and other partners from across the globe.
Supported by its ESG framework, the Group is firmly committed to the global development agenda as guided by the Sustainable Development Goals, the African Union’s Agenda 2063, and the Paris Agreement.
TDB Group counts several subsidiaries and strategic business units including Trade and Development Banking, TDB Asset Management (TAM), the Trade and Development Fund (TDF), TDB Captive Insurance Company (TCI), the ESATAL trade asset management company and TDB Academy.
TDB Group has principal offices in Mauritius and Burundi, an operations hub in Kenya, and regional offices in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia, and DR Congo.
Trade and Development Banking
Trade and Development Banking is TDB Group’s banking strategic business unit (SBU). This SBU offers bilateral and syndicated short-term trade and long-term project finance across all sectors, using one or a combination of modes of financing. These include direct financing via senior and mezzanine debt or equity, often in co-financing arrangements with local and foreign lenders, as well as loan guarantees and syndications. It also provides export credit co-financing as well as a range of non-financial products such as advisory and agency services.
Trade and Development Fund (TDF)
The Trade and Development Fund (TDF), TDB Group’s concessional window, supports the sustainable development agendas of its Member States by providing them with alternative financing solutions, including concessional and impact-driven funding, risk-sharing solutions, technical assistance and program management services. TDF’s initiatives serve a wide range of stakeholders, from sovereign entities to financially underserved groups such as MSMEs, women, and youth.
TDB Asset Management
TDB Group’s asset management arm focuses on designing, originating, and growing stand-alone investment vehicles for a diverse range of investors and development partners. These vehicles which comprise specialised fund managers, funds and other initiatives, are designed to meet the evolving needs and objectives of the Group’s diverse spectrum of stakeholders, and address sustainable development imperatives on the African continent.
ESATAL trade asset management company
ESATAL is a wholly owned TDB Group subsidiary domiciled in Mauritius which manages trade finance funds that align with the Group’s commitment to trade-led economic and social development. As a licensed professional fund manager, ESATAL is appointed by the funds to manage the investment and re-investment of the portfolio assets of the funds.
One of ESATAL’s flagship initiatives, the ESATF African trade fund, operates as a collective investment scheme, financing short- to medium-term trade transactions across different sectors throughout the African continent, including those of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
ESAIF Infrastructure Investment Company
ESAIF is a wholly owned TDB Group subsidiary domiciled in Mauritius which was set-up to manage infrastructure-focused investment initiatives.
TDB Captive Insurance Company (TCI)
TDB Captive Insurance Company (TCI) provides risk insurance and reinsurance cover exclusively for TDB Group and its subsidiaries, to provide further efficiencies in the Group’s risk management. TCI leverages its balance sheet and access to global reinsurance markets to offer credit and political risk insurance to the Group. TCI is domiciled in Mauritius.
TDB Academy
The TDB Academy is the capacity building arm of TDB Group. It offers training, seminars, conferences, study tours and other human and institutional capacity development interventions in the financial and investment segments of interest to TDB and its partner.
For more information, please consult: https://www.tdbgroup.org.