AGH – AFGRI Group Holdings – is an investment holding company with interests in a number of food, agriculture and financial services related companies providing products and services to ensure sustainable agriculture and food security.

With Grobank, AGH deepens its reach in the financial services, agribusiness and foods sectors in South Africa, where financial services are a key enabler in helping businesses grow and so driving food security.

AGH brings decades of experience in agriculture and foods, coupled with a deep understanding of agricultural cycles. Furthermore, AGH’s invested companies have an established track record in financial services, offering bespoke financial products and services to the agriculture and foods sectors. Access to a full banking license enhances the Group’s offerings to its customers once integration has been achieved.

In Fairfax Africa and the PIC, Grobank will benefit from a substantial and stable shareholder base with proven track records in the financial services sector.

Grobank is positioning itself to deliver both the extensive banking experience gained through its history as SABA, as well as accessing the deep food and agri-business knowledge of its shareholders. This will result in a Bank that is focused firmly on supporting the food and agriculture value chain in South Africa. Grobank will focus on building an agri-banking offering based directly on the insights gained through direct relationships with farmers and agri-businesses held across generations, and will add these to its existing range of proven business banking products and services. These services offered will also allow the Bank to continue to serve and grow its current SME customer base, as well as focusing on expanding its alliance banking business offering.

Grobank is one of only seven full clearing banks in South Africa and one of only 17 all-inclusive banking license entities in the country.