The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is an economic development agency is based in Midrand, South Africa. It is a state-owned entity founded in 1983 with the purpose of accelerating sustainable socio-economic development and improve the quality of life of the people of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) by driving financial and non-financial investments in the social and economic infrastructure sectors. The assets of the firm are managed by the board of directors.