Established in 1985, the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), is a multilateral, treaty-based development financial institution, with 41 sovereign and institutional shareholders and assets of USD 8bn.

TDB serves 22 economies in its region, with the mandate to finance and foster trade, regional economic integration and sustainable development, through trade finance, project & infrastructure finance and asset management.

TDB is part of TDB Group, which also comprises the Trade and Development Fund (TDF), the Eastern and Southern African Trade Fund (ESATF), TDB Captive Insurance (TCI) and the TDB Academy.