Absa was founded in 1991 through the merger of various financial service providers such as the United Bank (South Africa), the Allied Bank (South Africa), the Volkskas Bank Group as well as the Sage Group.
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Absa is a signatory of the South African Financial Sector Charter.
Absa Currie Cup Champions in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and joint champions in 2006
She would later become chief executive of that country's state-owned transportation company Transnet, and in 2009 was appointed Group CEO of the Barclays PLC subsidiary Absa, one of South Africa's largest financial services companies.
Program 22 will be the celebrity show where the sponsor, ABSA, gives an amount to charity.