Climate change is impeding access to necessities: water, power, food, and education but these challenges also offer opportunities for those with an entrepreneurial mindset ANALYSIS | TONY O. ELUMELU | I am a proud Nigerian and a proud African. I am also a philanthropist and entrepreneur—and I have seen firsthand that …
Read More »UBA Group expands to EMEA, launches banking operations in DIFC, Dubai
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | United Bank for Africa has extended its operations to the United Arab Emirates with the official launch of its new branch at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The lender will operate under the Category 4 license and will be regulated by the Dubai Financial Services …
Read More »Tony Elumelu named in “TIME 100” list of the 100 most influential people in the world 2020
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Time Magazine named Tony O. Elumelu, one of Africa’s leading investors and philanthropists, in the 2020 TIME100, the annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognises the activism, innovation, and achievement of the world’s …
Read More »UBA provides $200 Million for Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa’s multi-lateral lender, United Bank for Africa Plc, has acted as Facility Agent Bank for the Nigerian Commercial Banks in a consortium with other international banks in a $1.5 Billion Pre-Export Finance Facility for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its upstream subsidiary, …
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