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Candace

Candace Abrahams

Acting Chief Risk Officer

Born: 1982
DBSA Staff member as from 1 October 2021
Acting Chief Risk Officer as from 1 February 2026
Academic qualifications:
• Strategic Executive Program Africa, Harvard Business School
• Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Pretoria
• Bachelor of Commerce, University of Natal-Durban 
• Commercial Banking Mastery Certification, Moody’s
• Climate Change and Sustainable Finance, Moody’s
• ESG Risk Assessment Fundamentals, Moody’s
 

Solution

Build and Maintenance

Revitalisation of Industrial Parks

Through our infrastructure delivery capacity, the DBSA aims to augment the capacity of the State to deliver economic and social infrastructure.

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Sector

Water and Sanitation

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We offer a range of financial and non-financial solutions for the water and sanitation sector that address South Africa’s infrastructure water and sanitation challenges.

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Case Studies
HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing

HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing

The DBSA was appointed an implementing agency by the Department of Health (DoH) for the Power of Knowing franchise model, a project aimed at promoting the prevention of HIV and Aids, and encouraging behavioural change.

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Project

Landmark Foundation: Shepherding Back Biodiversity

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Unsustainable agricultural farming practices (i.e. poor land use management and lethal predator controls) in South Africa have resulted in land degradation and the loss of plant and wildlife diversity in productive agricultural areas.