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We are excited to introduce Absa Voices. This is where we share the views and perspectives of colleagues, subject matter experts from business and stakeholders on a variety of interesting topics.

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2022

Shoring Up Defences Amid Increasing Data Exposure Threats

By Sandro Bucchianeri, Chief Security Officer In December 2013, Manchester United goalkeeper, David De Gea, famously equalled the Premier League record for saves in a single match (14). He helped...

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2022

AfCFTA, The Long Road To Africa’s Promised Land Of Trade And Prosperity

By Bohani Hlungwane, Managing Director, Trade and Working Capital Sales Absa The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has been touted as the supercharger of Africa's long-term economic success. Here,...

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2022

AI And Humans Needed To Combat Financial Crime

By Nic Swingler, Head of Financial Crime The state of a country’s financial sector is a key factor in determining its stability and sustainability. During the height of the pandemic,...

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2022

South Africa’s Economy Heading For Even Tougher Times

By Peter Worthington, Senior Economist, Absa Group As the COVID-19 pandemic escalates both globally and domestically, concerns are mounting at an exponential pace about the ultimate impact on the South...

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2022

South Africa’s Downgrading By Rating Agencies

By Jeff Gable, Head of Research, Absa Group South Africa's sovereign credit rating was downgraded by Moody's Investor Services on Friday evening.  Thus for the first time since South Africa's...

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2022

COVID-19 Is An Economic Calamity

By Peter Worthington, Senior Economist, Absa Group The COVID-19 pandemic is cutting a swathe of economic devastation across the world; an unprecedented global recession now upon us. Unfortunately, South Africa,...

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2022

Economies Bracing For Prolonged COVID-19 Recession

By Ridle Markus, SSA Macroeconomist, Absa Group Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is now bracing for a sharp downturn in economic activity as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak which has further...

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2022

Coronavirus and the chance to change

By Dr Roze Phillips: futurist, medical doctor and Absa Group Executive for People and Culture. Every year, Oxford Dictionaries selects its "Word of the Year", normally a word or expression...

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2022

Art in isolation during COVID-19

By Dr Paul Bayliss, Absa Senior Specialist Art Curator. The coronavirus pandemic had a sudden and substantial impact on arts and culture. Very suddenly and without warning, by March 2020, cultural institutions...

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2022

South Africa’s consumer sector has to adapt and reinvent

Isana Cordier, Consumer Sector Head, Absa, Corporate and Investment Banking The Covid-19 crisis and its impact on virtually every facet of social and economic life has revealed that moving with...

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