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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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2021

What’s on the cards for remote working?

By Dr Roze Phillips, Group Executive for People and Culture at Absa Remote working has been a consistent trend for some time now. In response to COVID-19, organisations have been...

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2021

Mining companies could take six months to recover

By Shirley Webber, Head of Natural Resources and Energy, CIB It could take up to six months for many mining companies to return to normality because of the national shutdown...

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2021

Strategic Digital Transformation in Africa in the time of COVID-19

By Vimal Kumar - Chief Executive: Retail and Business Banking, Digital and Customer Experience, Absa Regional Operations The social re-order brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic have generated many learnings,...

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2021

Bringing possibility to life during a crisis

By Vimal Kumar, Chief Executive: Retail and Business Banking, Chief Digital Officer and Customer Experience at Absa Regional Operations (ARO) When a crisis of the magnitude of Covid-19 strikes, it...

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2021

Changing a century’s heritage to the future of Absa Group

By Marie Jamieson, Head of Marketing and Corporate Relations for ARO (Absa Regional Operations) In 2016, when Barclays PLC announced it was reducing its ownership of Barclays Africa Group Limited to...

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2021

COVID-19 impact on foreign currency risk management

By Bulelwa Soyamba, Head: FX Options Sales, Absa CIB As one of the most liquid foreign exchange markets in the world and the gateway to the African continent, South African...

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2021

Absa predicts reduced demand for oil and oil products

By Shirley Webber, Head of Natural Resources and Energy, CIB Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) Head of Natural Resources Shirley Webber has predicted that the current reduced demand for oil...

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2021

The Road to COP26

By Vera Songwe, UN Under-Secretary-General and 9th Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) While most of the world's largest economies and many leading companies have announced plans...

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2020

Efficiency versus effectiveness

Sazini Mojapelo, Absa Group Head of Citizenship and Community Development How digital transformation can be shaped to create a more inclusive and socially responsible world. Globalisation has facilitated easy access...

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2020

International Women’s Day 2020

By Sazini Mojapelo, Managing Executive: Absa Corporate Citizenship and Community Investments International Women’s Day 2020: Empowering women changes the world Last year I attended the talk by Melinda Gates, on...

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