INVESTMENT BANKING

Project Financing

Leverage our regional and sector expertise to realise your African ambitions

Our team of trusted experts will support your business aspirations with a full spectrum of project financing and risk management solutions. We meet complex requirements across Africa in several sectors including resources, power, infrastructure, telecommunications and the industrial space.

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Resource and Project Finance

Finance critical assets and projects with tailormade solutions

We can assist you with project finance advisory and specialist financing capabilities including debt arranging, underwriting and syndication services, as well as agent and account banking solutions.

Our offering also includes project finance term loans, reserve-based lending facilities, export credit agency-backed loans, bridging loans and working capital facilities for project companies.

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Leading-edge thinking from our team of financial and sector experts

CONSUMER INSIGHTS

Absa Merchant Spend Analytics Report: May 2025

Johannesburg, 29 July 2025 – The Absa Merchant Spend Analytics Report for May 2025 indicates a slight uptick in card activity, following April’s sharp decline. According to Absa’s internal data, card spending increased by 2% month-on-month (MTM), while transaction volumes climbed by 4%. Despite the 2% growth in card spending and 4% increase in transaction volumes, this growth remains below the prevailing inflation rate of 2.8%.

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Role of Custody Services in Building Investor Confidence Across Africa

Despite a year characterised by economic uncertainty and understandable prudence, investor confidence is returning to Africa, with the continent being hailed as an attractive pivot point for investors reeling from policy shifts in the Global North.

RISK MANAGEMENT

Navigating AI disruptions: Strategies for future-proofing your banking workforce

Remember the days of filling out a deposit slip and standing in line at a marble-clad bank branch waiting for your turn at a transaction? Or when the advent of online banking started gaining traction, and suddenly, transactions that were laborious undertakings that could take hours to complete, were resolved within minutes and with a push of a button?

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