The sale of Barclays’ African businesses, comprising Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, to Absa was supposed to be a key pillar behind the UK bank’s investment in 2005 in ...

Standard Chartered (Stanchart), one of the world’s oldest banks, has also been steadily scaling back from Africa since March ...

Freed from the control of its long-standing shareholder, Barclays, and anticipating the imminent arrival of its new CEO, Absa Bank has, in theory, arrived at the perfect time to come up with a new ...

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Absa Bank-Kenya, Jeremy Awori, will exit the company on October 31, 2022 to pursue other interests. Awori will be leaving the company after ten years. Announcing ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. Since 1995, Absa has used ACI's flagship BASE24 software to run a secure ...

Ripple , a provider of digital asset infrastructure, announced on Oct. 15 its partnership with Absa Bank to provide digital asset custody services in South Africa. The move is the latest in a series ...

From left: Erastus Muthura, Absa Bank Kenya Head of SME Banking, Elizabeth Wasunna-Ochwa, Absa Bank Kenya Business Banking Director, Mary Ellen Iskenderian, CEO, Women’s World Banking (WWB) and ...

Bolt, Africa’s leading ride-hailing platform, has partnered with the Absa Bank Kenya to train at least 100 Bolt drivers. In a press release dated Thursday, May 8, the initiative aims to equip drivers ...