Trade and Development Bank

MDB
Mauritius
iSustain score 90Complex· 12–24 months

Regional development bank serving Eastern and Southern Africa.

Geographic focus

East Africa
Southern Africa

Sector appetite

Trade
Agriculture
Energy
Infrastructure

Finance instruments

Trade Finance
Debt
Guarantees

Project stages

Operational
Expansion

Typical ticket size

$2m – $150m

Readiness requirements

Member state nexus, credit assessment

Partnership preferences

Syndication with regional banks

Contact

info@tdbgroup.org

iSustain relevance score

  • Regional focus & relevance30/30
  • Access & contactability25/25
  • Financing programmes & instruments — 1 open or rolling8/15
  • Instrument breadth12/15
  • Data freshness15/15

Weighted 0–100: Africa focus 30, access & contactability 25, live windows 15, instrument breadth 15, data freshness 15.

Access difficulty

Complex· 12–24 months

Sovereign or government counterparty required; published application route.

  • Counterparty requirement — Sovereign or government counterparty5/5
  • Application process — Published application route0/3
  • Ticket floor — Minimum ticket $1m+1/3
  • Readiness burden — 0 readiness requirements identified0/2
  • Internal approval process — Board / institutional approval cycles2/2

A rating of how hard this capital is to reach — not a prediction of whether an application will succeed. Built from the counterparty required, the published application route, the minimum ticket, the readiness evidence expected and the internal approval process.

Instruments & programmes

What a client can actually approach this organisation for, and how access works.

TDB Climate Finance & Green Lines

Credit Line
Debt
Open

Project and trade finance with dedicated green credit lines funded by GCF, AFD and other partners.

Access route

Direct application

Ticket size

$5m – $100m — $5m–$100m

Geographic focus

East Africa
Southern Africa

Sector focus

Renewable Energy
Agribusiness
Trade

Project stages

Construction
Operational

Eligibility

Corporates, banks and sovereigns in TDB member states.

How to access

Approach a TDB regional office.

Related capital sources

Other funders with an overlapping mandate.

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