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About GenA Global Markets 2026

Start your career in trading and sales by joining the Absa Global Markets graduate program.

Acquire knowledge from the top professionals, investigate various markets, and advance your abilities in a dynamic atmosphere.

Do you want a lucrative and demanding position to start your career in sales and trading? Do you want to improve your leadership, technical, and problem-solving abilities in a well-structured graduate program while collaborating with a diverse team of well-known industry experts who will mentor and assist you? The Global Markets Graduate Programme is for you if the answer is yes.

The Global Markets graduate program is a one-of-a-kind 18-month experience that introduces you to various Markets Trading and Sales desks. You will switch between several desks, including prime, credit, counterparty risk trading, foreign exchange, equities, fixed income, and structuring. You may concentrate on agreements and commerce taking place throughout the African continent.

What do you stand to gain from this?

• At one of the biggest investment banks in Africa, hone your trading, risk management, and sales abilities.

• Begin a 10-month leadership development program that prepares you to lead Africa in the future. Your path to leadership emphasizes strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, team effectiveness, disruption, innovation, digital agility, design thinking, personal branding, and personal leadership.

• Exposure to the quick-paced environment of the Global Markets.

• Get peer advice from graduate alumni, mentorship from senior management, and coaching from your desk heads to use your potential and launch your career.

• Establish connections with seasoned industry experts.

• Through Absa's Force for Good (CSI) initiatives, make a real difference in the world.

Whom are we seeking?

We seek bright, driven individuals who are passionate about financial markets and excel at problem-solving. Those who are seeking their next challenge and want to get their careers in Global Markets going.

With the goal of pushing you, quickly advancing your career, and giving you the ability to tell your tale, this 18-month graduate course is structured to do all of these things.

Do you want to take on the challenge?

Apply