UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Friday held the 2019 edition of its annual Each One, Teach One initiative, hosting a huge impact day in Nigeria and across all its subsidiaries in Africa. The Each One, Teach One initiative is part of UBA Foundation’s activities […]
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The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari says all Africans travelling to Nigeria will get visa on arrival from January 2020. Speaking at the ongoing Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development in Africa holding in Egypt, the president said: “We in Nigeria have already taken the strategic decision to bring down […]
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Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit will face scrutiny by the Department of Justice (DOJ) amid data privacy fears, The Post has learned. The controversial merger in recent days was cleared for review by the DOJ after federal law enforcement tussled with the Federal Trade Commission, which had also sought authority to investigate the deal, […]
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Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman, Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa Group, urged African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Heads of State to improve the business environment in their countries to drive industrialisation and wealth creation in ACP member states. He said this while presenting the keynote speech […]
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The Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) Dr Abdulhamid Alkhalifa has signed a US$20 million development loan to help finance Burkina Faso’s Agricultural Value Chain Support Project (PAPFA). Dr Alkhalifa signed the loan in Ouagadougou with Burkina Faso’s Minister of Economy, Finance and Development, Lassané Kabore. PAPFA aims to contribute […]
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Pan-African financial Institution, United Bank for Africa Plc, UBA, got double honours over the weekend as it emerged the Bank of the year 2019; while its Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka, also emerged CEO of the year at the Business Hallmark Newspaper Awards, held at the Civic Centre in Lagos on Sunday. […]
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The Nigerian mogul, Tony Elumelu gives us a behind the scenes look at one of Africa’s largest events for aspiring entrepreneurs. Click on the link below to watch the video on CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2019/11/08/nigeria-tony-elumelu-africa-entrepreneur-avc.cnn
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it would ensure that 60 per cent of the drugs being imported into the country were manufactured locally. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the agency, said this at a news conference, on Monday in Abuja. She stressed the need for the agency to […]
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Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and the global airline, British Airways have announced a collaboration to reward loyal customers who are cardholders of the Bank. The promo which will last for six months from November 2019, will witness UBA customers getting significant discounts when they purchase their British Airways tickets […]
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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami has directed the Board and Management of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to resolve the issues of illegal data deduction and review downwards, the price of data in the country within five days. Pantami gave the directive during the oath taking ceremony of the new […]
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