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Absa Group grew Headline Earnings by 12% to R24.8bn driven by Pre-provision Profit and Lower Impairments
10 March 2026

Salient points Revenue increased 5% to R115.7 billion Pre-provision profit increased 4% to R53.5 billion Impairments decreased 6% to R13.4 […]

Absa Position Paper: Land Reform In SA

1 June 2018

Absa Group recognizes the legacy of the past and the need to address inequalities in […]

Barclays Africa Group’s Earnings Increase As Impairments Decline

23 March 2018

Key points: Dividend increased 4% to 1 070 cents per share Income increased 1% to R72.9 […]

Barclays Africa Group Sets Out New Strategy For Growth

20 March 2018

Clear ambition to double market share to 12% of African banking revenues Restore market-leading position […]

Absa Africa Financial Markets Index: Signs Of Progress Amid Regional Economic Weakness

20 March 2018

Botswana, Kenya and Nigeria have moved up the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index, produced by […]

Five things Absa Learnt As The First Large Corporate To Adopt The .Africa Domain

20 March 2018

On 11 July this year, Absa Group became the first large corporate to embrace the […]

Barclays Africa Group And Frontclear Partner To Develop Africa’s Interbank Markets

20 February 2018

Barclays Africa Group to support Frontclear’s Technical Assistance efforts through its Partnership Facility Barclays Africa […]

Appointment Of An Independent Non-Executive Director To The Barclays Africa Group board

31 January 2018

Shareholders are advised of the appointment of Ms Tasneem Abdool-Samad as independent non-executive director to […]

Absa Group Limited (AGL) Announces Changes In Executive Committee

10 January 2018

Absa Group Limited (AGL) announces changes in Executive Committee Experienced investment banker, Charles Russon appointed […]

Absa Opens First New-Look Branches In South Africa As Major Brand Refresh Gets Underway

20 December 2017

Absa Group Limited, which has operations in 10 countries in Africa, opened the first of […]