development bank of southern africa | Infrastructure news - Part 2

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Online platform for IIPSA applications now live

The online application platform for the Infrastructure Investment Programme for South Africa (IIPSA) has gone live. The IIPSA is a €100 million (R1.5 billion) ground-breaking programme to provide grant funding in support of loans for essential...
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1.5bn IIPSA fund – call for proposals

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has issued its first request for proposals for funding from the Infrastructure Investment Programme for South Africa (IIPSA). The IIPSA is a €100 million (R1.5 billion) ground-breaking programme to...
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DBSA and TIB partner to finance infrastructure

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the Tanzanian Investment Bank (TIB) have partnered to finance several Tanzanian infrastructure projects. The partnership will pay for the rehabilitation of berths one to seven at Dar es Salaam port...

Unlocking conversion potential

Converting biomass to energy has the potential to unlock economic sustainability. The conversion of biomass into an energy form is one of the oldest technologies known to man. Since the beginning of time man collected wood and other organic...

SA’s week from hell — with more to come

EXPECT more ratings downgrades and a rapid outflow of foreign investment if the government does not quickly spell out its plans to fix the economy. Ratings agencies Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded South Africa’s sovereign...