A World-Class Project financing centre to spur the National Development Agenda

The Development Bank of Ethiopia is a specialized Bank established to spur the national development agenda. The Bank’s focal point is the provision of customer focused lending to viable projects in line with government priority areas by mobilizing fund from domestic and foreign sources while ensuring its organizational sustainability. Environmental protection and overall socio-economic development will also be the concern of the Bank.

Mean while, the interest of stake holders is aimed to be served best through continuous capacity building and innovative human resource development. As desirable issues, environmental protection and overall socio-economic development will also be the concern of the Bank.

DBE’s Values are beliefs which are upheld in common by its employees and management to put them into practice. They are the cumulative effect of personal and professional values which are shared and owned by all. Hence, the values are expressed by the staff of the Bank as flows:

•  We are customer oriented

•  Excellence is our distinguishing characteristics

•  Integrity and loyalty to the general public and its customers,

•  Teamwork and innovation are the building blocks of our success

•  Environmental protection is one of the DBE’s loaning criteria

•  The Bank attaches high values to its employees

•  Commitment to organizational mission is our banner

•  We relay on attitudinal change, ethics, and improved work culture as a driving force for the Bank’s transformation.