Barclays Africa CEO Maria Ramos has accepted an invitation to become a member of the prestigious Group of Thirty (G30). The G30 aims to deepen understanding of international economic and […]

Barclays Africa Group, one of Africa’s largest financial services group with close to 12 million customers, will collaborate with nine financial technology (fintech) companies to rapidly explore promising new technology-based […]

Performance highlights: (A normalised view is presented to take into account the effect of the separation from PLC) Headline earnings increased by 7% to R7.8 billion Credit impairments declined 27% […]

We are pleased to announce that Absa Corporate and Investment Banking acting through National Bank of Commerce (“NBC”) have advised Vodacom Group on the successful TZS 476 billion ($213 million) […]

Barclays PLC reduces ownership in Barclays Africa to 23.4% in overnight bookbuild •  Share placement multiple times subscribed •  Barclays Africa emerges with significantly more diverse shareholder base Johannesburg, 1 […]

Barclays PLC has today announced its intention to sell 187 million ordinary shares in Barclays Africa Group, which represents approximately 22% of Barclays Africa’s issued share capital. This follows receipt […]

Today’s young graduates are driven by ideas and the desire to effect real change in the world they live in. All they require is the opportunity to bring their ideas […]

  Key points: Headline earnings increased by 5% to R14.9 billion, with South Africa up 2% to R12.2bn and Rest of Africa up 17% to R2.8bn Pre-provision profit increased by […]

Absa is in receipt of and notes the Public Protector’s Provisional Report. As this is a confidential provisional document released to a limited number of parties for comment and further […]

The seasonally adjusted Barclays Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) declined to 46.7 index points in December 2016 from 48.3 in November. This means that the manufacturing PMI remained stuck below the neutral […]