ABSIP Young Professionals

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Become a member of the ABSIP YP community. ABSIP is more than a membership , it is access to opportunity, mentorship, and meaningful growth within South Africa’s financial services sector.

Apply for an opportunity to enrol in ABSIP YP and ASISA Academy equity short course. Click link to apply: absip.typeform.com/YPSHORTEQUITY @AshleyDaswa

Join us for the Homeownership 101: Masterclass for young professionals. 🏡 Click the link 🔗 below to register for the event. absip.typeform.com/YPHomeowners101

ABSIP Young Professionals congratulates Shaakir Salie, who is the recipient of the Fordham University Program for 2024.

Thank you for attending our July savings event. ✨

She has been featured on Moola Money Season 1 & 2, SABC News & eTV. She is a regular on radio, tv and across social media platforms.  She has a BCom (US), Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning (USB) and Postgraduate in Advanced Financial Planning in Investment planning(UFS)

Adele Barnard is a Financial Planner, Investment Professional and Educator.  She has been in the Financial Services industry for 10 years. She believes in normalising money conversations so that everyone can live financially confident.

Introducing our speaker for the 2024 July Savings Event Adele Barnard.

Remember to sign up, we will be announcing the speaker soon…

ABSIP Young Professionals invites you to join the 2024 July savings event. The theme this year “From savings to investment: crafting tools for your financial journey.” Follow the link to register for the event 👉 bit.ly/3RS6GRz

2nd Frame Dillon Phiri 👉🏽Notes that Africa has a great talent pool.  ☝🏾Says that Entrepreneurship is still seen as too risky  ✨Says we don't have an innovation issue but have a resource issue

👉🏽 Advices that every goal has to have money attached to it and goal setting needs to be time-bound  ✨Advices that you ask yourself if your bank statement could speak what would it say about you …

In case you missed it: Final snippets from the 2024 Youth Economic Indaba.

👉🏽Miles notes the proximity dividend creates elusive opportunities in the economy ✨He notes that networks and institutions should be created to fill these gaps in knowledge of opportunities available in the sector

☝🏾 Khaya notes that the economic transformation is not achieving as much as needed 👉🏽He says we are still asking, 30 years later, how do we create laws that undo the laws of instruments of exclusion for black professionals

🙌🏽Nthabiseng believes the financial services industry is the most high-growth and innovative, but also the most inefficient - this is where fintech has  come to plug some of the inefficiencies  ✨She advised that graduates should look for a career that is forward thinking

👉🏽Siya believes that employment should be intentional in changing the narrative and that its graduates should be groomed to know the lay of the land  ✨She highlights that for some there is no reference point from a family context of the lay of the land

In case you missed it: At the 2024 Indaba our Panellists were discussing “Access to talent - Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Young Professionals in SA financial services sector.” Panellists from left ~ Miles Lefusi, Siya Raphaka, Khaya Sithole and Nthabiseng Thema.