The substructures for this ambitious new programme are now in place, and, as already indicated, the first phase will go live in March next year. Precautions were also taken to ensure that all the Bank’s electronic data processing systems will be able to cope with the technical “Year 2000” problem with the change-over to the next millennium.
At this stage, permit me to take you down memory lane as we follow the tracks of this over a century journey which has led us to this important launch. You will realize that the journey of Barclays and now Absa is intertwined with the history of Ghana—making it a cornerstone of the banking industry. 1  2.