Absa’s Johnson Idesoh and AWS’s Tanuja Randery put pen to paper to further entrench digital service delivery through cloud migration. Absa Group has announced a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate its migration to cloud as part of its continuous digital transformation journey. The companies established an alliance in 2015 and, according…
Banking group Absa and cloud services giant Amazon Web Services have announced an expansion of their commercial relationship that will see AWS become Absa’s “preferred cloud partner”. According to a statement on Monday, the partnership is aimed at delivering more agile, secure and customer-focused financial services. “This partnership reflects our ambition to be a digitally…
Absa has become the fourth major South African bank to join the Department of Home Affairs’ new digital partnership model. This collaboration will expand access to Smart ID and passport services by making them available in more bank branches and through the bank’s digital app. This new partnership overhauls an existing pilot project that Absa…
Absa chief digital officer Subash Sharma. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) Absa is increasingly deploying agentic artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, and has upgraded its AI virtual assistant, Abby. The big-four bank’s digital future was unveiled yesterday during its inaugural Digital AI Conference in Sandton, Johannesburg, to industry stakeholders and media. Chief digital officer Subash Sharma said…
Absa CEO Kenny Fihla Absa Group’s new head is aiming to turn the bank’s retail unit into the biggest in South Africa, revamp its regional operations and bring stability to a firm that has seen six top managers in as many years. CEO Kenny Fihla, who was poached from larger rival Standard Bank Group, also…
TLDR Visa, in partnership with Absa, has launched the 2025 edition of its She’s Next programme in South Africa Women-led businesses can apply for over ZAR1 million ($55,000) in grant funding, mentorship, and business training The initiative is part of Visa’s broader mission to support inclusive entrepreneurship and digitally enable small businesses worldwide Visa, in…
