Your Excellency, after several decades of operating in Africa, it is interesting to note, but comes as no surprise, that after Barclays Bank acquired the National Bank of South Africa to establish itself in Africa, Barclays plc is passing the baton back to Absa, a South African bank. 4.
What we are witnessing today is a culmination of three years of arduous planning and execution of a detailed transition plan that was presented to the Bank of Ghana by Executives of Barclays.