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- 1 Aug 2022
United Bank for Africa Names Oliver Alawuba as new GMD
United Bank for Africa Plc, Africa’s global bank, yesterday announced the appointment of Oliver Alawuba as group managing director, overseeing all the Group’s banking operations across its twenty…
- 17 Mar 2022
UBA Partners with Cellulant to Expand its Reach in 19 Markets across Africa
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Africa’s global bank, and Cellulant (Cellulant.io), leading Pan-African Payments Company, have announced a partnership that will extend payment services for…
- 22 Jan 2024
Seasons of Honours: UBA Wins Several International Awards
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Africa’s Global Bank, has continued to elevate its global standing, coveting several prestigious international awards, signaling the Bank’s continuous contributions…
- 3 May 2024
UBA Champions Youth Empowerment through Graduate Programme, Employs 398 Across Africa
United Bank for Africa (UBA), Africa’s Global Bank held the second edition of its expanded Graduate Management Acceleration Programme (GMAP) class of 2024, where 398 young Africans were inducted into…
- 2 Nov 2009
UBA Opens in Tanzania
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, the pan-Africa financial services institution headquartered in Lagos Nigeria, has deepened its East African operations with the opening of United Bank for Africa…
- 30 Jan 2023
UBA Appoints Abiola Bawuah As First Female CEO For Africa Operations
The Board of Directors of the United Bank for Africa Plc, Africa’s Global Bank, has announced the appointment of Mrs. Abiola Bawuah, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UBA Africa. Bawuah will also…
- 5 Sept 2025
Bank of Ghana Suspends Remittance Licenses of Flutterwave, Cellulant, Tap Tap Send, Others
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has suspended the remittance partnerships of several fintech companies including Flutterwave, Tap Tap Send, and others for a period of one month starting September 18, 2025.…
- 15 Nov 2024
UBA Plans to Raise N239.4Bn via Rights Issue
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Africa’s Global Bank will raise N239.4 billion through a Rights Issue of 6,839,884,274 ordinary shares of 50 kobo each at N35.00 per share. The Rights Issue,…
- 16 Nov 2021
LITF Lauds UBA’s Contribution to Growth of African Economies
Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has commended Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) for its contribution to infrastructure development and growth of trade in the 19…
- 8 Jan 2020
UBA Appoints Group Board and Africa Operations
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has announced that Oliver Alawuba has been appointed as CEO of UBA Africa, overseeing the bank’s 20 African country operations, ex-Nigeria. Oliver Alawuba He succeeds…
- 4 Apr 2023
IFC, Bank of Africa Group Deepen Partnership to Boost SME Financing in Africa
To support economic activity and job creation in 10 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, IFC announced an investment in a risk-sharing facility for the Bank of Africa Group (BOA) that will ease…
- 5 Oct 2010
UBA Enhances Trade, Payments, Remittances across Africa
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has introduced three trade related products; Afritrade, AfriCard and AfriCash to facilitate trade transactions across the African continent. The three products…
- 9 May 2021
UBA’s REDTV Launches New Series, Public Figure in Ghana
United Bank for Africa's Lifestyle and Entertainment channel continues to blaze the trail in online entertainment as it pushes the best of Africa to the world. REDTV, producers of awarding winning…
- 14 Oct 2014
UBA, MoneyGram launch New Outbound Money Transfer Service in Nigeria
Nigeria’s money transfer business landscape entered a new phase yesterday as United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Africa’s global bank and MoneyGram, global money transfer giant,…
- 9 Nov 2014
MasterCard, UBA Partner for Access to ePayment
MasterCard, and United Bank for Africa (UBA), have completed a multi-country licensing project that will see the pan-African bank accept and issue MasterCard prepaid, debit and credit cards in 14…
- 12 Apr 2022
ID Africa Launches Operation in Ghana & Kenya, Celebrates 7th Anniversary
Info Digital Africa (ID Africa), a Nigerian public relations, marketing communications and strategic advisory company, has announced the launch of its operations in Ghana and Kenya. The announcement…
- 10 May 2019
Abdoul Aziz Dia Joins Group Board of Directors of UBA
United Bank for Africa(UBA) has announced that Mr Abdoul-Aziz Dia will join the bank’s Board of Directors subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Mr Dia, a Senegalese…
- 19 Oct 2009
UBA Begins Operations in Kenya
United Bank for Africa Plc, the pan-African banking group has commenced operations in Kenya in continuation of its expansion drive. The bank formally opened its doors to customers in the country,…
- 7 Jul 2020
UBA Group Appoints Ayoku, Alawuba DMDs for Nigeria, Africa
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has appointed Ayoku Liadi and Oliver Alawuba as Deputy Managing Directors in charge of UBA’s Nigeria and Africa businesses, respectively. The creation of the new…
- 4 May 2023
Fidelity Bank Plans Five Acquisitions in Africa after UK Purchase
Fidelity Bank Plc, Nigeria’s best-performing bank share this year, plans to expand in at least five African countries after finalizing the acquisition of the London unit of rival Union Bank of…
- 30 May 2019
UBA Mastercard Holders to Win All-expenses-paid Trip to June 1 Finals of 2019 UEFA Champions League
Leading Pan-African Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc in partnership with leading global payments and technology company, Mastercard, will be giving away an all-expenses paid trip- ticket to 12…
- 29 Jun 2009
UBA Reaffirms Commitment to SMEs Growth in Africa
The Management of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has restated its commitment to the growth and development of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SME’s) in Africa, with a view to…
- 2 Sept 2013
UBA Consolidates Pan African Leadership with Key Appointments
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the Pan-African bank with operations in 19 African countries and New York, London and Paris, has launched Project Alpha – the Group’s next stage focus of strategic…
- 18 Apr 2016
UBA Rewards Staff at Annual CEO awards
It was an exciting evening as staff of Pan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc gathered at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, recently to celebrate the bank’s staff…
- 30 Apr 2019
UBA, Mastercard Reward Customers with to UEFA Champions League Semi’s, Finals
United Bank for Africa (UBA) PLC, leading Pan-African Bank, in partnership with leading global payments and technology company, Mastercard, have announced they are giving away all-expenses paid trips…
- 15 Jun 2010
UBA, Dangote among Top 40 African Challengers - BCG
United Bank for Africa, the Pan-African banking group, has been listed by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the global management consulting firm and leading advisor on business strategy, as one of…
- 26 Oct 2009
UBA Records Increase in Gross Earnings
United Bank for Africa Plc has recorded a 17 percent increase in Gross Earnings for the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2009. The latest financial results from the bank presented at the Nigerian…
- 2 Dec 2008
UBA Expands To Burkina Faso
In furtherance of its expansion strategy across the African continent, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has acquired majority stake in the state owned Banque Internationale du Burkina Faso (BIB). The…
- 7 Dec 2020
Uzoka, UBA’s GMD Dedicates Prestigious Zik Leadership Award to Staff and Customers
Kennedy Uzoka, group managing director/chief executive officer, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, was on Sunday night presented with The Zik Prize for Professional Leadership. l-r: Former Managing…
- 31 Oct 2017
TD Mobile, Nokia Partner to Boost Mobile Penetration in Ghana
TD Mobile, Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest mobile devices distributor, has officially launched its operations in Ghana with its appointment as exclusive distributors of Nokia mobile phones in the…