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Transcorp Group CEO, Owen Omogiafo Unveils New Strategic Vision for Nigeria’s Largest Listed Conglomerate

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020Ayo Olowo

Shareholders of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) have congratulated the Board and management for the resilient performance achieved in 2019, despite the challenging environment. They welcomed the diversified earnings provided by the Group, Nigeria’s leading listed conglomerate, the largest power generator in Nigeria, operator of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest hotel and a growing natural resources […]

Q1 2020 Result: UBA records impressive N32.7bn profit despite business upset

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020Ayo Olowo

Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) Plc has released its unaudited results for the first quarter ended March 31st, 2020, showing double-digit improvement across all its major income lines. The bank leveraged on modest growth in both interest and non-interest income as well as increased efficiency to deliver an impressive 8.5 […]

Landmark deep-sea mission to boost ocean action

March 6, 2020March 6, 2020Ayo Olowo

A deep-sea scientific mission to uncharted depths in the Maldives and Seychelles will gather valuable data to support the Commonwealth Blue Charter on ocean action and train local scientists. The newest Commonwealth member country, Maldives, has joined Seychelles to launch a major joint scientific expedition to investigate unexplored depths of the Indian Ocean. The ground-breaking […]

Ecobank Group announces 2020 Edition of Fintech Challenge

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020Ayo Olowo

Ecobank Group, the pan-African banking group, is inviting African fintech entrepreneurs to enter the 3rd edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The Fintech Challenge gives African start-ups the opportunity to promote their fintech solutions, and potentially partner with Ecobank to roll-out their solutions across Ecobank’s 33 markets in Africa as well as France. Ecobank welcomes […]

16 finalists announced for the Commonwealth Youth Awards 2020

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020Ayo Olowo

Sixteen extraordinary individuals including innovators, activists and entrepreneurs from 12 countries have been shortlisted for this year’s Commonwealth Youth Awards. A pan-Commonwealth judging panel met last week and selected the top individuals in each of the award’s four regional categories. This year, the awards received more than 500 entries from 40 countries. Of those shortlisted, the […]

UBA Revamps NextGen Account with Premium Offerings, partners DRB LasGidi, introduces zero charges

February 1, 2020February 1, 2020Ayo Olowo

Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has revamped its NextGen account which targets students in tertiary institutions and members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), with added features and benefits. NextGen is a suit of personal accounts designed to meet the needs of young persons, grooming and growing with them from […]

UBA Rewards 100 Customers with N10m in New ‘UBA Bumper Account’ Promo

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020Ayo Olowo

…N2M Up For Grabs Every Quarter…N100,000 Monthly Shopping Allowance Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc on Tuesday, launched the ‘UBA Bumper Account’, a hybrid account, targeted at transforming the lives of its customers. The new account is in line with the bank’s mission of creating superior value for its stakeholders while […]

MVMO Debuts at CAX, Bringing Premium Entertainment on Mobile to Millions

January 18, 2020January 18, 2020Ayo Olowo

MVMO, an innovative new entrant to the high-growth African online entertainment market, today announced the launch of its service. MVMO (Movies, Video, Music, Opportunity) is a distribution platform developed in association with the Creative Africa Exchange (CAX), a fast-growing marketplace for the creative and cultural industries, sponsored by Afreximbank. MVMO launches at a time of […]

Tony Elumelu Donates Multipurpose Technology Centre to AAU

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020Ayo Olowo

Chairman of UBA Group, Tony O. Elumelu, has made the donation of a multipurpose information technology centre to his alma mater, Ambrose Ali University, AAU. Through the UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Elumelu has championed the construction of a state-of-the-art multipurpose information technology building, which […]

UBA Africa Gets New CEO As Bank Announces Appointments to Group Board and Africa Operations

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020Ayo Olowo

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) on Monday, announced that Oliver Alawuba has been appointed as CEO of UBA Africa, overseeing the bank’s 20 African country operations, ex-Nigeria. He succeeds Victor Osadolor, who retires from the Group Board, after 9 years of service working at UBA. UBA Africa serves over 19 million customers across the […]