Shareholders
At AB Bank Zambia, our leadership team is dedicated to driving innovation, fostering collaboration, and ensuring the highest standards of excellence. With a wealth of experience and a shared vision, our management team works tirelessly to shape the strategic direction and growth of the bank, ensuring we continue to deliver value to our clients, stakeholders, and communities.
The Berlin-based investment company, Access Micro-finance Holding AG (AccessHolding), is a public-private partnership established in 2006 with the aim to make equity investments in start-up and early-stage MFIs in developing and transitional countries.
 AccessHolding has been the driving force behind the project preparations and is considered the promoter and lead investor.Â
Our other shareholders include IFC (International Finance Corporation), a financing arm of the World Bank; KfW, a Development Bank of the Federal Republic of Germany; and Fonds d’Investissement et de Soutien aux Entreprises en Afrique (FISEA) or PROPARCO, a Development Financial Institution owned by the French Development Agency.
AccessHolding has been the driving force behind the project preparations and is considered the promoter and lead investor.Â
FISEA, the Investment and Support Fund for Businesses in Africa. Owned by the French Development Agency and advised by PROPARCO, FISEA targets vulnerable population groups and regions that are more unstable or emerging from crisis situations, as well as sectors traditionally bypassed by investors.
The French Development Agency, FISEA’s owner, is rated AA by Standard & Poor’s.
International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank group. Based in Washington, IFC has been constantly rated triple-A by Standard & Poor’s and by Moody’s.
German state-owned development bank, based in Frankfurt/Main. KfW is rated AAA by the rating agency Standard & Poor’s.
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