Details

Industries

Finance,Financial Services

Founded date

Jan 1, 1948

Number Of Employee

251 - 500

Operating Status

Active

Investor Type

Government Office,Venture Capital

Founded in 1948, CDC is the UK’s Development Finance Institution (DFI) wholly owned by the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID). It is the world’s oldest DFI with a history of making successful investments in businesses which have become industry leaders thereby having enormous impact on the private sector in their country and region as well as improving the lives of many, many individuals.

CDC’s mission is to support the building of businesses throughout Africa and South Asia, to create jobs and make a lasting difference to people's lives in some of the world's poorest places.

CDC aims to invest where its job creation focus can have greatest impact: in countries where the private sector is weak and jobs are scarce, and in sectors where growth leads to jobs – directly and indirectly – such as manufacturing, agribusiness, infrastructure, financial institutions, construction, health and education.

CDC’s portfolio of investments is valued at £2.25bn (year end 2012) and includes 1,250 investee businesses. In 2012, these companies together employed 1,109,000 people and paid £2.6bn in local taxes.