Artificial intelligence enabled bots to answer simple customer questions quickly Barclays Africa Group Ltd’s (Barclays Africa) subsidiary Absa Bank Ltd (Absa) announced today that it would pilot a chatbot within […]

After 13 weeks of intensive networking, mentoring and development, 10 companies have showcased their innovative fintech businesses at a ‘Demo Day’ in Cape Town, as the first-ever cohort of the […]

Hackathon to solve for innovative financial technology products and services that are affordable and accessible for low-income communities. Rise Africa, part of Barclays’ global financial technology and innovation community, will […]

Ten fintech companies start first-ever Barclays Accelerator programme in Africa Ten businesses, aiming to shape the future of financial services will begin their journey on a 13-week intensive startup programme […]

Absa will be conducting a system upgrade from 22:00 on Saturday, 9 April 2016 to approximately 08:00 on Sunday, 10 April 2016. The upgrade allows us to improve the long-term […]

Barclays Africa Group Limited (BAGL) wishes to reiterate that we remain committed to Africa, where we continue to be optimistic about our growth prospects, and to operate in the normal […]

Salient features Diluted headline earnings per share increased 10% to R16.86 Dividend per share of R10 up 8%. Rest of Africa headline earnings grew 17% to R2.3bn and South Africa […]

Education and Skills – spend R1.4bn in education and skills development targeting the youth Enterprise Development – enable access to affordable finance for SMEs by raising R1.3bn through corporate supply […]

Performance highlights: Headline earnings grew 7% to R7.25bn supported by strong pre-provision profit growth of 19%. Diluted headline earnings per share increased 7% to 856.7c. Interim dividend per share of […]

The seasonally adjusted Barclays Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose by 3.2 points to reach 49.5 index points in September. The September reading, as well as the average for the third […]