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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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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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
2021
Absa using Tech to Drive Growth in Africa’s Agriculture Marketplace
Tshepo Maeko, Agriculture: Absa Regional Operations There are few things more traditional and widespread than agriculture in Africa. While the continent holds around 60% of the world's uncultivated arable land,...
2021
Opportunities for Frontier Investors in the coming years
Somaya Joshua, Head: Commercial Property Finance (Africa Regional Operations), Absa Group According to the African Development Bank, at the start of 2020 the African continent was forecast to deliver 3.9% economic...
2021
We use our Africanacity to bring Africa’s possibility to life
By Sazini Mojapelo - Managing Executive: Corporate Citizenship and Community Investments The recently launched UN Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021 highlights the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on the 2030 Agenda. In addition to...