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July 31, 2017 No Responses

Sultan of Sokoto: We need more Tony Elumelus to take our children off the streets

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has commended the Tony Elumelu Foundation and its Founder, Tony O. Elumelu for their contribution to entrepreneurship and creation of jobs for young people in the North. The Sultan made this commendation during a courtesy...

July 24, 2017 No Responses

UBA foundation takes reading culture campaign to Kenya, donate 500 books to secondary school

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, through its Corporate Social Responsibility arm, the UBA Foundation, continued on its quest to educate and empower African youths as it visited Our Lady of Mercy Girls Secondary School in Nairobi to donate...

July 20, 2017 No Responses

UBA increases international spend limit on naira cards to $2000.

Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced an immediate upward review of the monthly international spend limit on its debit and prepaid Naira cards from $100 to $2,000. The upward review, which represents a marked increas...

July 20, 2017 No Responses

Minister lauds Tony Elumelu’s commitment to job creation, poverty alleviation.

At the 30th Anniversary celebration of the award-winning Transcorp Hilton Abuja, the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, commended the relentless efforts of the chairman, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, Tony O. Elumelu CON, to...

July 19, 2017 No Responses

UBA lifts NSE’s activity chart

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) on Tuesday sustained its growth profile on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) with a turnover of 2.09 billion shares valued at N19.76Billion. At the end of trading activities on Tuesday, a total...

July 17, 2017 No Responses

UBA Board to consider accounts, interim dividend on Thursday

The Board of Directors of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc would on Thursday, this week, meet to deliberate on the company’s accounts and financial statements for the half year ended June 30, 2017. A statement issued by the Secretary...

June 21, 2017 No Responses

UBA emerges financial brand of the decade

Foremost financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has emerged Financial Brand of the Decade. The award ceremony, put together by Marketing Edge, is in recognition of UBA’s innovative and pacesetting role. Also, the award is a product...

June 20, 2017 No Responses

AfDB, UBA, Wema Bank, others to finance ABUAD projects

African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with four Nigerian Banks have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide Project Finance facilities to Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Ado Ekiti, for the execution of various projects under the Unive...

May 31, 2017 No Responses

UBA celebrates Africa Day with Glitz, Glamour

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Thursday, joined the world to celebrate the 2017 Africa Day across the 19 African countries of operations with the theme: ‘Africa, the new Frontier.’ According to the Bank, Africa Day is dedicated to celebr...

May 26, 2017 No Responses

UBA introduces world class mobile banking app

In demonstration of its commitment to deliver superior and innovative banking solutions to its customers, pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Plc, has announced the launch of a brand new mobile banking application with many user friendly...

May 22, 2017 No Responses

S&P assigns B/B ratings, stable outlook on uba

International Rating Agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has assigned its ‘B’ long term and ‘B’ short term global scale counterparty credit ratings to the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA). These ratings on the pan African financial instit...

May 9, 2017 No Responses

At economic forum, Elumelu implores African leaders on jobs, power

Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, CON, has challenged African leaders and policymakers to give priority to jobs and energy. Speaking at the opening session of the 2017 World Economic Forum on...

May 5, 2017 No Responses

UBA revolutionises mobile payments with *919# magic banking

In line with its determination to dominate Africa’s mobile banking space with the introduction of cutting edge technology-driven products and services, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Group, leading African financial institution, has introduced a full-fledg...

April 29, 2017 No Responses

UBA posts N22.4b profit in first quarter

For the first quarter ended March 2017, United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) recorded Profit After Tax of N22.4billion, indicating 32 percent year-on-year growth compared to N17.0 billion achieved in the corresponding period of 2016. The group also sustained...