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Our Stories
Our Voices
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
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
2020
The impact of COVID-19 on the SA private healthcare sector
Liza Eustace, Sector Head: Healthcare, Construction & Hospitality The impact of Covid-19 has been far reaching and naturally, some industries have been harder hit than others. The extent and length...