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March 23, 2018 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Selects 1,000 Entrepreneurs For 2018 Programme

More than 150,000 Africans from 114 countries worldwide applied to join the 4th ‎cycle of The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s (TEF) 10-year, $100 million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. Meanwhile, the Foundation has announced African entrepreneurs with the most innovative, high-potential business ideas....

March 2, 2018 No Responses

China Development Bank, UBA Sign Letter of Intent for $100m Loan Deal To Support SMEs In Africa

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced the signing of a letter of intent for $100 million to finance the development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa. According to the financial institution, the $100 million loan will...

March 1, 2018 No Responses

Elumelu Gets PSN Award

Per Second News, an online news platforms, on Wednesday honoured foremost philanthropists, Mr.Tony Elumelu for empowering a generation of young entrepreneurs, who are expected to drive Africa’s economic and social transformation. Mr Elumelu, Chairman/Fo...

November 30, 2017 No Responses

UBA Bags PEARL, New Telegraph Awards for Impressive Performance

Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has continued to make waves and positive impact in the local and global financial industry earning more laurels and accolades. Last weekend, UBA carted away two key industry awards emergin...

November 25, 2017 No Responses

Nestle shareholders to get 1,500k interim dividend as Wapic, Zenith, UBA records N5.8b deals in five days

For the period ended September 2017, Nestle Plc has proposed 1500 kobo interim dividend. In a notice to the Nigerian StockExchange (NSE), the company explained that qualification date is 24th November 2017 while closure date is 27th November 2017....

November 21, 2017 No Responses

Samuella Sam-Orlu Emerges Winner of 2017 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition

It was an all-female affair as fifteen year old Samuella Sam-Orlu of British Nigerian Academy Abuja, emerged the overall winner of the 2017 edition of the UBA Foundation National Essay Competition, winning an educational grant of N1,000,000.00 to study in...

November 9, 2017 No Responses

Bola Attah, UBA group head of marketing wins top award

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Mrs Bola Atta was recemtly honoured as a top marketing professional in West Africa at the 7th Marketing World Awards (MWA) & Marketing 360 Summit. The prestigious...

November 7, 2017 No Responses

Elumelu at Presidential Villa, implores investors on Nigeria’s business ranking

Foremost industrialist and entrepreneur, Tony Elumelu, on Monday urged Nigerian and foreign investors to take advantage of the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking of Nigeria to invest in the country. Speaking with Journalists after a visit to the.....

October 28, 2017 No Responses

Investors stake N4.458b on UBA, Access Bank, FBN Holdings in five days

For the week ended October 27, 2017, trading in the shares of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Access Bank Plc and FBN Holdings Plc accounted for 515.058 million shares worth N4.458 billion in 3,088 deals. Trading in the shares on the...

October 19, 2017 No Responses

Elumelu seeks stable policy to enhance SMEs growth

The Chairman, UBA Group and Heirs Holdings, Mr Tony Elumelu, on Wednesday advised the Federal Government to tackle the issue of policy somersaults to enhance the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Elumelu gave the advice at the 24th...

October 15, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo lauds Elumelu as foundation wraps up 2017 entrepreneurship forum

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship, concluded its 3rd annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum on Saturday in Lagos State with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in attendance. The Forum hosted mor...

October 8, 2017 No Responses

UBA kicks off 4th annual essay competition

UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa Plc, is calling on all Senior High School students in Ghana to participate in the 2017 edition of the National Essay Competition (NEC). Launched in 2014...

September 20, 2017 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs to get technical support from Microsoft

Through its 4Afrika Initiative, Microsoft has collaborated with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) as part of measures to provide entrepreneurs in the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme with technology-based tools, resources and mentorship. According to Microsof...

September 13, 2017 No Responses

Elumelu: Negative narrative around Africa is continent’s greatest challenge

The greatest challenge Africa has as a continent when it comes to attracting investment is in the way it is portrayed, the Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu has said. Speaking at Charhan House in London, Elumelu said Information presented...