Community engagement

We are committed to shared growth and community engagement which, for us, means having a positive
impact on society and delivering shareholder value. In recognising the critical link that exists between our
success and society’s progress, we seek to deliberately apply our substantial resources to address key societal
challenges and unlock socio-economic solutions through innovative programmes, commercial products,
services and partnerships. In order to do so we are focusing on the following three areas.

Bright Minds

Giving the ‘bright minds’ in our country an opportunity for a greater future. Bright Minds aims to provide students with great academic potential from difficult social and financial backgrounds the opportunity to complete their tertiary studies. Our goal is to improve access to quality education. We provide skills development to support employability and self-employability, and we facilitate access to quality education to deepen knowledge and build skills for the next generation.

What you need to qualify:

Be younger than 22
Have completed your HSC or an equivalent and achieved excellent results
Come from a family with a total monthly income that does not exceed MUR15,000

What the scholarship includes:

Payment of the university fees for any selected undergraduate programme in Mauritius
A monthly allowance of MUR5,000 throughout the programme
A laptop and internet access for 3 years
Guidance by an Absa mentor
Internship at Absa

How to apply:

Fill in the Bright Minds application form and submit it along with all required documents, in hard copy:

Bright Minds Scholarship
Absa Bank (Mauritius) Limited
4th Floor, Absa House
Cybercity
Ebene

ReadytoWork

This initiative helps young people develop their employability skills for a smooth transition from education to the world of work. It offers the work, people, money and entrepreneurial skills needed to improve employment or self-employment prospects.

Components of ReadytoWork

Dedicated online platform
Online assessment
Exposure to subject matter specialists
Access to corporate experience sharing and entrepreneurial support
Workplace exposure through Absa and our partners
Introduction to potential employers at end of programme

Elev8 - turning your creativity into a commercially viable project

We offer innovative financial solutions and business development support services to small and medium businesses to nurture the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. Helping small and medium-sized businesses succeed and grow. Elev8 is a strategy to create Shared Growth by helping small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs to shape their business ideas into success stories

To find out more about the programme, open or download the Lookbook below:

Elev8 Lookbook Edition 2016

Absa Academy developing entrepreneurs and business leaders of the future.

Our aim is to provide education to female entrepreneurs in Mauritius ensuring that they are provided with the skills required to succeed in business. The Absa Academy is fully aligned with Government policy in Mauritius to support the growth of SMEs.

In 2015, the Academy team partnered with Women in Networking and Association des Femmes Chefs d'Entreprises Mauricienne to provide key business skills to 50 female entrepreneurs in Mauritius.
Two half day practical workshops were delivered by our colleagues.

Colours of life recognises the work of NGOs

This is a national competition launched by Absa Mauritius in 2013. It aims at recognising the selfless work and immense contribution of NGOs in Mauritius and Rodrigues and providing continuous support to vulnerable groups.

Absa Colours of Life Awards 2019:

We launched the seventh edition of the Colours of Life Awards with a mentorship model whose aim was to enable the transmission of experience from our former participants to other NGOs.
We selected some of the finalists and winners of our previous editions to partner with us for the Colours of Life Awards 2019. To equip and help them fully embrace their role of mentors, we facilitated a three-day training session, which was delivered by Marcia Small, consultant and expert from the Gathering 4.0.

This unique mentorship model was multifaceted; it helped to impart knowledge and skills, foster collaboration between NGOs and support their professionalisation.
On 15 November 2019, the 8 mentors and 7 finalists NGOs were awarded a total of Rs5 million for the advancement of their community projects.

At Absa, we will continue to bring possibilities to life by supporting the community and country.