Announcement • Dec 10
Public Investment Corporation Limited acquired an additional minority stake in Absa Group Limited (JSE:ABG). Public Investment Corporation Limited acquired an additional minority stake in Absa Group Limited (JSE:ABG) on December 10, 2025. Public Investment Corporation Limited now holds 15.32% stake of Absa Group Limited.
Public Investment Corporation Limited completed the acquisition of an additional minority stake in Absa Group Limited (JSE:ABG) on December 10, 2025. Announcement • Aug 19
Absa Group Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2025 Results on Mar 10, 2026 Absa Group Limited announced that they will report fiscal year 2025 results on Mar 10, 2026 Announcement • Aug 18
Absa Group Limited Declares Interim Ordinary Dividend for the Period Ended 30 June 2025, Payable on 15 September 2025 Absa Group Limited announced that shareholders are advised that an ordinary dividend of 785 cents per ordinary share was declared on 18 August 2025, for the interim reporting period ended 30 June 2025. The ordinary dividend is payable to shareholders recorded in the register of members of the Company at the close of business on 12 September 2025. Payment date is 15 September 2025. Announcement • May 27
René Van Wyk to Step Down as Member of Audit and Compliance Committee of Absa Group Limited, Effective Immediately Absa Group informed shareholders that René van Wyk, as the incoming Group Chairman from July 15, 2025, will step down as a member of the Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC), with immediate effect. Accordingly, the ordinary resolution number 5.6, pertaining to Mr. van Wyk's re-appointment as GACC member, is hereby withdrawn from the notice of Absa Group's annual general meeting to be held on June 3, 2025. Announcement • Apr 02
Absa Group Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jun 03, 2025 Absa Group Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jun 03, 2025. Location: boardroom 3.11, absa sandton campus south, 15 alice lane, sandton South Africa Announcement • Mar 19
Absa Group Limited and Absa Bank Botswana Limited Appoints Kenny Fihla as Executive Director, Effective 17 June 2025 Absa Bank Botswana Limited announced that following an extensive selection process, Mr. Kenny Fihla has been appointed as Executive Director of Absa Group and Absa Bank, effective 17 June 2025. Kenny has almost 20 years of experience in leadership roles in banking. He joined Standard Bank Group in 2006 and has held numerous senior roles including Chief Executive Officer of Corporate and Investment Banking, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Standard Bank Group and Chief Executive Officer Standard Bank South Africa. As Deputy Chief Executive, he was the accountable executive for Standard Bank's subsidiaries outside of South Africa. Kenny holds an MSc in Financial Economics (University of London) and an MBA (University of the Witwatersrand). Shareholders are also informed that Charles Russon remains the Interim Chief Executive Officer of Absa Group and Absa Bank until 16 June 2025. Charles will partner closely with Kenny to ensure a smooth leadership transition, whereafter he will take a key senior role within the Group Executive Committee. Announcement • Mar 18
Absa Group Limited Announces Change in CEO Absa Group Limited announced appointment of former Standard Bank deputy CEO Kenny Fihla as its new CEO, after he resigned suddenly from his former employer, would address a leadership vacuum at Absa and possibly improve market sentiment in Absa. Absa announced Fihla's appointment as CEO was effective from June 17, 2025, while its current interim CEO Charles Russon will stay on in that role until Fihla takes over and will work closely with the new CEO to ensure a smooth transition, after which Russon would take a key senior role within the group executive committee. He said the resignation and appointment was less of a loss for Standard than it was a gain for Absa because Standard had broader and deeper pools of talent that could fill Fihla’s position. Standard Bank said separately Fihla would take gardening leave as of Monday. Fihla, who holds a master's in financial economics from the University of London and an MBA from the University of the Witwatersrand, had been tipped as a future successor of Standard Bank's current CEO Sim Tshabalala. Fihla became deputy CEO in August last year, after being CEO of the CIB unit. Luvuyo Masinda became CEO of CIB. Announcement • Mar 13
Absa Group Limited Announces Ordinary Share Dividend for the Year Ended 31 December 2024, Payable on 29 April 2025 The Shareholders of Absa Group Limited are advised that a final ordinary dividend of 775 cents per ordinary share was declared on 11 March 2025, for the period ended 31 December 2024. The ordinary dividend is payable to shareholders recorded in the register of members of the Company at the close of business on 25 April 2025. The dividend will be subject to local dividends withholding tax at a rate of 20%. Last day to trade cum dividend is 22 April 2025. Shares commence trading ex-dividend is 23 April 2025. Record date is 25 April 2025. Payment date is 29 April 2025. Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between 23 April 2025 and 25 April 2025, both dates inclusive. On 29 April 2025, the dividend will be electronically transferred to the bank accounts of certificated shareholders. The accounts of those shareholders who have dematerialised their shares (which are held at their participant or broker) will also be credited on 29 April 2025. Announcement • Mar 07
Absa Group Limited Announces Board and Committee Appointments, Effective April 1, 2025 Absa Group Limited announced that Zarina Bassa and Sindi Zilwa have been appointed as independent non-executive directors of Absa Group with effect from 1 April 2025. Zarina is an experienced business executive and leader, having trained as a chartered accountant in the initial stages of her career. She spent 17 years in professional financial services with Ernst & Young (EY) in South Africa and the United Kingdom, six years as an executive in retail and private banking and wealth management at Absa Group, and 16 years as a non-executive director including at Kumba, Vodacom SA, Mediclinic and the Financial Services Board, amongst others, and Woolworths Holdings and Investec Group, where she was the lead independent director. Zarina is currently a director of Gold Fields Limited and the JSE Limited. Zarina holds a B Acc and post graduate diploma in Accounting from the University of Durban Westville, as well as a CA (SA) qualification. Sindi is a Chartered Director and has spent almost 30 years as a director across a variety of sectors and in various governance roles. She was South Africa's Business Woman of the Year in 1998. She co-founded Nkonki in 1993 and was with the firm throughout its evolution, including during the merger with Sizwe Ntsaluba (1996-2002). Subsequently, she led the firm as Chief Executive Officer from 1998 until her retirement in October 2016. Her current listed company boards include Sibanye-Stillwater Limited, Metrofile Limited and Delta Property Fund. In 1990, Sindi became the second black woman to qualify as a Chartered Accountant. She holds a B Com and B Com (Hons) degree from the University of South Africa (Unisa), an advanced diploma in Financial Planning from the University of the Free State an Advanced Tax Certificate from Unisa. Sindi has an Advanced Diploma in Banking from Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Johannesburg). Sindi has also been awarded a Certificate: Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age from Harvard in January 2024. Sindi's former board memberships include Discovery Holdings, Massmart Holdings, Aspen Pharmacare, Redefine Properties and Anglogold Ashanti. Sindi is a published author of two books, `The Audit Committee Effectiveness Model' (2013) and `The Board Committee Effectiveness Model' (2016). Both Zarina and Sindi will become members of the Group Audit and Compliance Committee. Zarina will also become a member of the Group Remuneration Committee and the Group Credit Risk Committee and Sindi of the Group Information Technology Committee, Group Risk and Capital Management Committee, and Group Social Sustainability and Ethics Committee. Announcement • Oct 08
Absa Group Limited Announces Committee Changes Absa Group Limited announced that commencing from 15 October 2024 and in addition to joining the Absa Group and Bank Boards, Charles Russon will replace Arrie Rautenbach as a member of the Group Risk and Capital Management Committee, Social Sustainability and Ethics Committee, Group Credit Risk Committee and the Information Technology Committee. Announcement • Aug 27
Absa Group Limited Announces Committee Changes Effective 1 September 2024 Absa Group Limited announced that Alpheus Mangale has been appointed as a member of the Remuneration Committee (RemCo) and John Cummins as a member and chairman of the Models Committee (MC), with effect from 1 September 2024. Announcement • Mar 13
Absa Group Limited Announces Resignation of Swithin Munyantwali as Independent Non-Executive Director and Member of Social, Sustainability and Ethics Committee, Group Audit and Compliance Committee and Group Credit Risk Committee Absa Group Limited announced that Swithin Munyantwali has resigned from his position as Independent Non-Executive Director of the Absa Group with immediate effect. He will join the Group in the capacity of a senior advisor going forward. In this new capacity, Swithin will help the Group advance in its ambitions into the African continent and other international offices such as the US, and the UK. Swithin will, accordingly, also step off the Social, Sustainability and Ethics Committee (SSEC), Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC) and Group Credit Risk Committee (GCRC). Announcement • Nov 11
Absa Group Limited Appoints Alison Beck as Independent Non-Executive Director, Member of the Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC) and Group Risk and Capital Management Committee (GRCMC) on 1 December 2023 Absa Group Limited announced that Alison Beck has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Absa Group with effect from 1 December 2023. Alison joined KPMG in 1990 as a senior consultant and was made a director in 1996 and a partner in 1998 in Financial Services. She was head of Financial Risk Management for 15 years, representing the South African practice in the global centers of excellence for Central Banking and Financial Risk Management. Alison retired from KPMG in May 2020. Alison holds a BCom degree from the University of Edinburgh and a CA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. She completed her articles at Arthur Young McClelland Moore in Edinburgh, qualifying as a CA in 1983. She has an Associate Diploma from The Institute of Bankers in South Africa. Alison will become a member of the Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC) and Group Risk and Capital Management Committee (GRCMC) on 1 December 2023. Announcement • Sep 14
Absa Group Limited Announces Management Changes Absa Group Limited announced that, following the retirement of Alex Darko and Francis Okomo-Okello from the Absa Group boards on 30 September 2023, Professor Ihron Rensburg will become the chairman of the Social, Sustainability and Ethics Committee (SSEC) and Peter Mageza the chairman of the Information Technology Committee (ITC) with effect from 1 October 2023. Both Professor Rensburg and Peter Mageza will join the Absa Group Directors' Affairs Committee (DAC) on 1 October 2023. Announcement • Aug 24
Absa Group Limited Appoints Luisa Diogo as an Independent Non-Executive Director, Effective 1 September 2023 Absa Group Limited announced that Luisa Diogo has been appointed as an independent non-executive director with effect from 1 September 2023. Luisa is currently the non-executive chairman of Absa Bank Mozambique and is a non-executive director on the board of Total Mozambique. She is the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Mozambique (2004 to 2010) and the Minister of Planning and Finance (2000 to 2004). Luisa is a seasoned leader with many years of experience in financial services and in the broader areas of economics, strategy and stakeholder management, having also added significant value at the helm of Absa Bank Mozambique board for more than 10 years. Luisa holds a B.Econ degree from the Eduardo Mondlane University and a Masters in Financial Economics from the University of London. Luisa will become a member of the Group Risk and Capital Management Committee (GRCMC), Social, Sustainability and Ethics Committee (SSEC) and the Board Finance Committee (BFC). Announcement • Aug 16
Absa Group Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jun 04, 2024 Absa Group Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jun 04, 2024. Announcement • Aug 14
Absa Group Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Mar 11, 2024 Absa Group Limited announced that they will report fiscal year 2023 results on Mar 11, 2024 Announcement • Jul 15
Absa Group Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the Six Months Ended 30 June 2023 Absa Group Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended 30 June 2023. Group revenue for the first half of 2023 is expected to increase by low teens year-on-year, driven by strong mid-teen net interest income growth year-on-year, reflecting low double digit growth in gross customer loans and deposits, combined with net interest margin expansion due to higher interest rates. IFRS earnings per share expected to increase by mid-single digits year-on-year. Announcement • Jun 21
Absa Group Limited Appoints Peter Mageza as Independent Non-Executive Director and Member of Group Audit and Compliance Committee, Information Technology Committee and Remuneration Committee Absa Group Limited announced that Peter Mageza has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Absa Group with effect from 1 August 2023. Peter is a seasoned director who has served on a number of large listed and unlisted diversified boards across South Africa and on the African continent. He is currently an independent non-executive director of Sappi Limited, Remgro Limited and RCI Foods Limited. He is the former Chief Operations Officer and was an executive director of Absa Group and Absa Bank Limited until June 2009. Peter is a Chartered Certified Accountant and a Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) UK. Peter will become a member of the Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC), Information Technology Committee (ITC) and Remuneration Committee (RemCo). Announcement • Jun 08
Absa Group Limited Announces Board Changes, Effective July 1, 2023 Absa Group Limited announced that Alpheus Mangale has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Absa Group with effect from 1 July 2023. Alpheus is a seasoned senior executive, with over 25 years' experience across financial services, telecoms, enterprise and technology markets in Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. He is currently the group chief executive officer for Seacom Limited. Alpheus has previously served on various boards and performed several senior leadership roles in the financial services and technology industries. Alpheus holds a National Diploma in Computer Systems Engineering (Tshwane University of Technology); and completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School. Alpheus will become a member of the Group Risk and Capital Management Committee (GRCMC) and Information Technology Committee (ITC). Shareholders are also advised of the following changes to the Group Board committees, also effective 1 July 2023: The Group Chairman, Sello Moloko, will become a member of the Board Finance Committee (BFC), while Swithin Munyantwali will join the Group Credit Risk Committee (GCRC). Fulvio Tonelli, who becomes an independent non-executive director on 1 July 2023, will step off the ITC and join the Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC). Announcement • May 17
An unknown buyer acquired an unknown minority stake in Absa Group Limited (JSE:ABG) from Ninety One SA Proprietary Limited. An unknown buyer acquired an unknown minority stake in Absa Group Limited (JSE:ABG) from Ninety One SA Proprietary Limited on May 15, 2023. Post transaction, Ninety One SA holds 4.98% of the total issued ordinary shares of Absa Group.
An unknown buyer completed the acquisition of an unknown minority stake in Absa Group Limited (JSE:ABG) from Ninety One SA Proprietary Limited on May 15, 2023. Announcement • Aug 15
Absa Group Limited to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Aug 14, 2023 Absa Group Limited announced that they will report Q2, 2023 results on Aug 14, 2023 
