<prompt> unaweza kugeuza matini haya ya swahilikwa kiingereza?upanuzi wa benki hiyo ulikuwa sehemu ya mabadiliko ya kimkakati na ya shirika yaliyoanza mnamo 2018, baada ya kampuni hiyo kujitenga barclays plc.  <response>: the banks expansion was part of a strategic and organizational transformation that began in 2018, after the company split from its former parent, barclays plc, to place itself as a pan-african player. 