INVESTMENT BANKING
Financing
Invest in Africa with an award-winning global finance team
Our finance solutions open the possibility for you and your business. We work with you to tailor the ideal funding structure for your development needs to expand infrastructure, acquire or replace assets, or finance projects.
Debt Financing
Partner with a top lender in Africa
As industry leaders in originating, structuring, executing and distributing all types of funding across numerous specialist sectors, our Corporate Debt team ranks among the top in sub-Saharan Africa. We leverage our expertise to assist our corporate, financial sponsor and financial institution clients.
Contact: David Renwick
Asset Financing
Take advantage of client relationships that go the extra mile to move your business forward a top lender in Africa
Our experienced team leverage their in-depth experience in asset-based finance to provide value added solutions to suit your financing needs.
We focus on aviation, shipping and land transportation finance through senior debt, mezzanine debt, export credit agency enhanced debt and pre-delivery payment financing solutions.
Contact: Morne Visagie
Project Financing
Take advantage of client relationships that go the extra mile to move your business forward
Our experienced team leverage their in-depth experience in asset-based finance to provide value added solutions to suit your financing needs.
We focus on aviation, shipping and land transportation finance through senior debt, mezzanine debt, export credit agency enhanced debt and pre-delivery payment financing solutions.
Contact: Theuns Ehlers
Structured Trade and Commodity Finance
Our bespoke trade finance solutions are designed to support your working capital and balance sheet risk transfer requirements.
Structured Trade and Commodity Finance (STCF) provide short-term, self-liquidating trade finance solutions.
Get solutions that are tailor-made to adapt to and suit local, regional and global commodity traders, importers and exporters and manufacturers.
Solutions are typically secured by underlying assets and other commodities. Inherently self-liquidating solutions partnered with the marketability of the underlying asset and the trade finance instrument in use provides the security that is needed in these unprecedented times.
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Latest insights
Leading-edge thinking from our team of financial and sector experts.
The Foschini Group – ZAR 3.95 billion Rights Offer
The largest fully underwritten rights offer in 2020, ensuring a strengthened balance sheet well-positioned for resilience and growth opportunities
Harmony Gold – ZAR3.5 billion Accelerated Bookbuild
The first material capital raise for an acquisition since the start of the South African COVID-19 related lockdown
Growthpoint Properties – ZAR 4.3 billion Accelerated Bookbuild
The largest accelerated bookbuild offering in 2020 and the largest equity raise since the start of the South African COVID-19 related lockdown, in support of the company’s strategy to reduce leverage, retain operating flexibility and continue development and investment activities
OUR TRACK RECORD
Feedback from our clients
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“Absa provided us with advice on matters related to project finance and maximising interest income on excess cash. The service received has been outstanding and we have had better-than forecasted interest earnings as a result of the guidance and restructuring provided by Absa CIB. We have also received substantial support for decision making purposes when it comes to financial instruments held with Absa.”
Dorper Wind Farm – South Africa
President, Trade Association - Africa
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"Absa has been a partner bank to ACWA Power since our first successful project bid, providing the group with project financing, working capital as well as mandated as the account bank for the project. Absa has provided great value through its service, tailored solutions, valuable insights and advisory to the group."
ACWA Power – UAE and Africa
President, Trade Association - Africa
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"As a partner bank to Marubeni for over 6 years, the Absa team has provided awesome service in assisting us to establish our South Africa office. Their always-available attitude has supported us to facilitate our entry into both the South African and African Market."
Marubeni Middle-East & Africa Power Limited – Japan
President, Trade Association - Africa
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"Having a Pan-African banking partner is very important to the group as it gives us a competitive advantage in the market. We are now able to go for the projects we want because we have a partner bank that understands our business and is ready to help us materialise our growth ambitions in the continent."
Gransolar Group – Spain
President, Trade Association - Africa
