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  • UBA Group Starts Strong in 2018, Grows Profits to N26.6bn in First Quarter

    Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) has released its unaudited first quarter results, showing significant growth across major income lines. Following a sterling performance in the 2017 financial year, UBA Group delivered another impressive 18% percent year-on-year growth in gross earnings in the first three months of 2018. Leveraging on strong […]
  • United Bank for Africa Expands Presence in London as the Regulatory Authorities (PRA) Grants Wholesale Banking Licence to its UK Subsidiary.

    United Bank for Africa (UBA PLC), Africa’s global bank, announced today that its London subsidiary has obtained regulatory permission to carry out Wholesale Banking activities in the UK. Following this authorization, UBA is now the only Sub-Saharan African bank to conduct banking activities in New York and London, as well as in 20 other countries […]
  • UBA Sustains Strong Performance with Growing Contribution and Market Share from Africa

    United Bank for Africa Plc has announced its audited results for the financial year ended December 31, 2017, showing significant growth in the contribution and market share from its pan-African subsidiaries, among other positive trends in the financial performance. The pan-African financial institution’s audited results showed that gross earnings grew substantially to N462 billion, up […]
  • KSM Nigeria Tasks Govt On Security of Lives And Property

    Worried by increasing insecurity and despondency   in the nation, Catholic Knights of the order of   St. Mulumba Nigeria, have called on government to move swiftly to arrest the current state of affairs and reassure all Nigerians, not only in words but in deeds, that, it caters for all. The Knights in a statement signed by […]
  • Dangote Donates N1.2bn First Business School In The North To Bayero University, Kano

    The business educational development of Northern Nigeria took a new turn at the weekend when the renowned businessman, Aliko DANGOTE donated a N1.2 billion ultra-modern business school edifice to the Bayero University, Kano, (BUK), first of such in the northern part of the country. Christened Dangote Business School, the business mogul disclosed that talks are […]
  • Rice Production: Dangote Inaugurates Multi Billion Naira Processing Plant in Jigawa

    The Dangote Rice Outgrower Scheme in Jigawa State reached a turning point yesterday when the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote laid a foundation stone for the construction of a multi-billion Naira rice processing mill in Hadin, Jigawa state. The mill with capacity to process 16 metric tons of paddy rice per hour, when completed […]
  • UBA Premieres Most Anticipated Movie of the Year #Black Panther

    Pan African Financial Institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc again showcased its footprint in the world of entertainment as it premiered the most anticipated movie of the year #BlackPanther, A Night in Wakanda. The movie which was hosted by TV personality Ebuka Obi-Uchendu premiered over the weekend at Imax Cinemas in Lekki, and saw […]
  • FirstBank: Devoted to the Development of Trade and Finance in West Africa

    … sponsors the GTR West Africa Trade & Finance Conference 2018. First Bank of Nigeria Limited and its subsidiary, FBN Bank UK Limited are sponsoring the GTR West Africa Trade & Finance Conference 2018 as part of the Group’s resolve to lead the development of Trade and Finance in the West African region. The event […]
  • Dr Awele Elumelu appointed Gavi Champion for Immunisation in Africa

    Prominent African business and healthcare sector leader Dr Awele Elumelu welcomed her appointment as a Gavi Champion for Immunisation in Africa. “Childhood immunisation is a critical intervention and I am honoured to play a role in this important programme, targeting almost 10 million African children, who are not fully immunised,” said Dr Elumelu during the […]
  • Elumelu Seeks More International Multilateral Organisations’ Support to Boost Entrepreneurship in Africa.

    The Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Mr. Tony Elumelu, has stressed the need for global organisations and multinational institutions to support the much-needed growth in the African continent; adding that ultimately, such growth will affect the world positively. Elumelu, who pointed this out on the side-lines of […]