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 […]

Barclays Africa Group is pleased to announce the appointment of new agencies to handle its significant business across the continent. Specifically, FCB Africa will handle its corporate, brand, sponsorship, retail […]

Applications have opened for the Barclays Accelerator programme, powered by Techstars, an initiative aimed at uncovering the next M-Pesa or Paypal by working with exceptional fintech entrepreneurs innovating Africa’s financial […]

Barclays Africa Group Limited (Barclays Africa) crowned Markit Opportunity the Barclays Africa Supply Chain Challenge champion at a panel submission judging event held at The Bandwidth Barn Accelerator in Cape […]

The Banking Association South Africa (The Banking Association), on behalf of all member banks, unequivocally condemns the xenophobic attacks carried out on people from different countries on the African continent […]