Public Sector
We are proud to host the South Africa State-owned Companies (SOC) Investment Summit in Dubai from 22 to 24 September 2025. This summit strengthens collaboration between South African SOCs and investors from the Gulf region, with a shared focus on advancing Africa’s investment potential This year’s theme, ‘Unlocking Infrastructure Capital for Africa: Resilience through Reforms’, reflects our commitment to driving sustainable economic growth through meaningful partnerships, strategic dialogue and reform-led development. We look forward to engaging with key stakeholders to drive transformative opportunities across the continent.
Insights
Listen to our latest sector - focused podcasts
Sectors
Episode 1: A look at factors shaping the energy sector
Listen to episode one of our sector-focused podcast series, where Rentia Van Tonder, Head: Power; Vincenzia Leitich, Executive: Energy and Infrastructure; and Pieter Joubert, President and Chief Investment Officer, CrossBoundary share insights on the current and future state of the energy sector in Africa.
Sectors
Episode 2: Opportunities to improve water infrastructure in South Africa
In this episode of our sector-focused podcast series, Zen Dlamini, Executive Head of Infrastructure, Sovereign and Public Sector at Standard Bank CIB, and Zodwa Mbele, Chief Financial Officer at the Development Bank of Southern Africa, reflect on the state of water infrastructure in South Africa.
Our offering
- Mitigating risks: We assist you to mitigate market risks with hedging solutions and cashflow risk with working capital solutions.
- Access to liquidity: We help you to access liquidity through capital markets and capex funding.
- Governance: We partner with you to ensure high levels of governance and reduce risk.
We can assist in tailoring solutions and providing insights across:
- Advisory services
- Financial structuring and lending
- Transactional solutions with digitisation enablers
- Currency (market) risk management
Why talk to us
- Partnering with you for success: We partner with you across Africa to support your ongoing success.
- Local expertise: We have deep product expertise and in-depth knowledge of local markets.
- Largest real estate platform: We operate the largest dedicated real estate platform of any financier in sub-Saharan Africa.
- In-country specialists: Our real estate specialists support you in selected countries in Africa, including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Botswana, Namibia CDI, Uganda, Tanzania, DRC, Lesotho, Eswatini and Mauritius.
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Our offering
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Why talk to us
- Mitigating risks: We assist you to mitigate market risks with hedging solutions and cashflow risk with working capital solutions.
- Access to liquidity: We help you to access liquidity through capital markets and capex funding.
- Governance: We partner with you to ensure high levels of governance and reduce risk.
We can assist in tailoring solutions and providing insights across:
- Advisory services
- Financial structuring and lending
- Transactional solutions with digitisation enablers
- Currency (market) risk management
- Partnering with you for success: We partner with you across Africa to support your ongoing success.
- Local expertise: We have deep product expertise and in-depth knowledge of local markets.
- Largest real estate platform: We operate the largest dedicated real estate platform of any financier in sub-Saharan Africa.
- In-country specialists: Our real estate specialists support you in selected countries in Africa, including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Botswana, Namibia CDI, Uganda, Tanzania, DRC, Lesotho, Eswatini and Mauritius.
Get in touch
Zen Dlamini
Head: Public Sector, Client Coverage
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Katlego Kgoathe
Sovereign/ Public Sector Analyst SA
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Jabu Ndlovu
Executive: Client Coverage
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Mogorosi Lebethe
Executive: Client Coverage
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Zanele Zikalala
Analyst: Business Management and Support Africa Regions
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Consumer Sector
Your consumer sector partner that will drive your business growth.
Financial Institutions Sector
Connecting you with the right partner in the financial services sector.
Energy and Infrastructure Sector
Leading enabler of Energy and Infrastructure on the continent.