The Sustainable Banking and Finance Network (SBFN) announced that the Southern African Development Community Banking Association (SADC BA) has joined as its newest member, expanding the voluntary network to 101 financial sector regulators and industry associations across 72 emerging markets. Established in 1998, SADC BA is a regional association representing 12 national banking associations in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Malawi, Mauritius, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and works as a platform for cooperation, dialogue, and harmonisation of banking sector policies and practices across Southern Africa. The membership agreement was signed on the side of the inaugural SADC Sustainable Finance Forum in Cape Town (June 9-11), organised by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), SADC BA and the Banking Association of South Africa, and supported by SBFN and Southern Africa’s Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI) chaired by the National Treasury; the forum brought together over 100 experts and senior decision makers. SADC BA’s board has also adopted environmental, social and governance (ESG) as a theme under its strategy, with SBFN membership positioned to support ESG adoption among its members.
Sustainable Banking and Finance Network 2025-07-23
Sustainable Banking and Finance Network adds Southern African Development Community Banking Association as a new member
The Sustainable Banking and Finance Network announced the Southern African Development Community Banking Association as its newest member, expanding the network to 101 financial sector regulators and industry associations across 72 emerging markets. The membership, signed during the SADC Sustainable Finance Forum, aims to support the adoption of environmental, social, and governance themes among SADC BA's members.