Browsing: Shelter Afrique Development Bank (SHAFDB)

• Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB) and the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) will tap Green, Sustainability-linked, and Social (GSSS) bonds to finance housing.
• Green bonds will fund eco-friendly housing projects while social bonds will finance projects that prioritize affordability and accessibility.
• At the same time, sustainability-linked bonds will support both objectives, ensuring a comprehensive strategy for tackling the current housing crisis.

Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB) has taken a new step toward addressing affordable housing needs in Africa through a partnership with the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM), the regional stock exchange for the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU).

In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the Pan-African institution focused on affordable housing, signed the deal on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C., aiming to mobilize capital for affordable housing projects across the continent, particularly in WAEMU’s eight member countries.

With Africa’s …

• South African rating agency GCR has upgraded Shelter Afrique Development Bank’s global scale long issuer rating to B from B- and affirmed a stable outlook.
• Additionally, GCR has upgraded the national scale issuer ratings for Kenya, Nigeria, and Mauritius, all with stable outlooks, while recognizing Shelter Afrique’s transition to a treaty-based entity and strategic efforts to address capital arrears.
• This transformation has improved the bank’s operational and financial performance, enhanced governance, and solidified its legitimacy and confidence among members.

South African rating agency GCR, has upgraded Shelter Afrique Development Bank’s (ShafDB) international scale long issuer rating to B from B- and affirmed the short-term national scale issuer rating of B, with the outlook accorded as Stable.

At the same time, GCR has also upgraded the long and short-term national scale issuer ratings for Kenya to AA-(KE)/A1+(KE) from A+(KE)/ A1(KE); Nigerian to AA+(NG)/A1+(NG) from AA(NG) / A1+(NG); and Mauritian to BB+(MU)/B(MU) …