When Tavaziva Madzinga, Group CEO of Santam, took the stage at the B20 Summit in South Africa, he did not speak like a man representing a single industry. He spoke like someone who understands the gravity of this moment, a moment where global risks are multiplying, societies feel more fragile, and traditional planning methods can no longer keep pace with the volatility that defines our age. He reminded delegates that five years ago, the devastating pandemic that brought the world to its knees was not even on most organisational risk registers. Yet even as the world continues to grapple with…
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Let’s start off with why Absa Group is involved in this B20 summit. When we decided to participate in B20, it was largely because we’re a pan-African bank, and this story being an African story with having a G20 for the first time on the African continent, we felt that it was quite important that we could bring all the African voices into the discussion. We see Africa decisively from an Absa perspective as the space we would want to grow in. And we are very deliberate about solving African stories. How does Absa’s recent acquisition of Standard Chartered’s retail…
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