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Monday, 16 March 2020

ABSA BANK SETS ASIDE TSHS 120 MILLION TO REWARD NEW SALARY ACCOUNT HOLDERS

Absa Bank Tanzania Head of Retail Products, Heristraton Genesis (second right), reads the name of one of the winners of the first draw of the bank’s salary account promotion dubbed “Double Your Salary Promotion” in Dar es Salaam. To get a chance to win cash up to 100 per cent of the deposited salary, new customer need to open new salary account, and for old customers should channel their salary through the account during the promotion month. Others from left are; Inspector from the Gaming Board of Tanzania, Rasuli Masudi, Absa Tanzania Head of Branch Network, John Beja and the bank’s Marketing and Communications Manager, Beda Biswalo.
  • New and existing customers who open a Salary Accountwith Absastand a chance to will up 100% of their salaries 
  • Six winners are selected every month through a raffle draw 
  • Cash prizes are deposited into customers’ salary accounts within a week after being selected
Absa Bank Tanzania is advising workers to open Salary Accounts with the bank and activate the accounts by channeling salaries through the respective accounts, in order to benefit from an ongoing campaign and enjoy plentiful benefits attached to the Absa Salary Account.

Addressing the press at a short function in Dar es Salaam this week, to announce winners of a raffle draw of the bank’s on-going deposits campaign “Double your salary with Absa bank”, Head of Retail Products and Strategy, Heristraton Genesis said that upon opening the salary account and channeling the first salary to the account, a customer instantly qualifies for the raffle draw in addition to enjoying the other benefits imbedded in the bank’s Salary Account proposition.



“The campaign is a way for us to promote and increase awareness of the available best salary proposition to workers. Throughout this six months campaign we will reward our new Salary Account holders who couldbe existing-to-bank customers or new-to-bank customers. Through a raffle draw which will be conducted every month and a new Salary Account holder stands a chance to win up to 100 percent of their salary – hence the name “Double your salary”.

Today’s draw is the first among six draws to be conducted every month up to June, and which is divided into two groups: the first batch with three winners is for fresh customers who are establishing a relationship with the bank for the very first time, while the second group features existing Absa customers who are holders of other accounts and have taken the decision to open a Salary Account and channel their monthly pay though the respective account.

The winners of the first group of the draw are Anastazia Yohana Malambi of Moshi, who scooped 100 per cent of her salary, the second winner is Hidaya Faki Makame (Zanzibar, 75 per cent of her salary), while the third is Asha Haji Haji (Zanzibar, 50 per cent of her salary).

In the second category, the first winners is Haji Mustafa Fuko from Iringa who walked away with 100 per cent of his salary, the second winner is Nelson Mshimbula (Arusha, 75 per cent of his salary), while the third winner is Dominic Rwehumbiza (Pugu, 50 per cent of his salary).

Speaking on the benefits of the Absa Salary Account, Mr. Genesis said, “AbsaSalary Account makes banking very easy for our customers. With our peerless digital capabilities and paperless banking a customer no longer has to queue for long to get services at the branch.

Charges to Absa Salary Account are reasonable and reflect the realistic income of an average Tanzanian, and at the same time a customer can undertake various transactions and send cash in and out of the country without any worries.”

According to the officer, other benefits of owning the Absa Salary Account include access to unsecured loans, mortgages, credit card and a debit card.

On his part, Absa Marketing and Communications Manager, Beda Biwalo, said “apart from mobilizing employers and workers to sign up to Absa’s employees banking services, the major aim of the campaign is to help bring possibilities to life and make customers realize their ambitions, which we at Absa call this Africanacity“.

The draw was conducted under supervision of an official from Tanzania Gaming Board Rasuli Masudi.

For more information, please contact:
Aron Luhanga
Head, Marketing & Corporate Relations
Absa Bank Tanzania Limited
+255 768 221 717
aron.luhanga@absa.africa

About Absa Bank Tanzania
Absa Bank Tanzania Limited is a leading commercial bank in Tanzania that currently boasts a network of 15 branches and 62 ATMs strategically located countrywide – 21 at all our branches and 49 offsite.

The Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Absa Group Limited.

Absa Bank Tanzania Limited, (registered number 38557), is regulated by the Bank of Tanzania.

About Absa Group Limited
Absa Group Limited (‘Absa Group’) is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups.

Absa Group offers an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management and insurance.

Absa Group has a presence in 12 countries in Africa, with approximately 40,000 employees.

The Group’s registered head office is in Johannesburg, South Africa, and it owns majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania (Absa Bank Tanzania and National Bank of Commerce), Uganda and Zambia. The Group also has representative offices in Namibia and Nigeria, as well as insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia, and an international representative office in London and soon in New York.

For further information about Absa Group Limited, please visit www.absa.africa

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