The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, is set to celebrate this year’s Africa Day in commemoration of African unity with the third edition of its annual UBA Africa Conversations, headlined by Africa’s international leaders that include the President of Rwanda, H.E Mr Paul Kagame; Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation(WTO); Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Mr. Makhtar Sop Diop, Managing Director, International Finance Corporation (IFC). The conversations will be held online on africaday.ubagroup.com
At
a time of unparalleled African leadership in global organisations, the
UBA Africa Conversations provides the opportunity for an African and
global audience to hear directly from our distinguished guests on
Africa’s relationship with the world, the opportunities and the
challenges, and their own personal journeys.
Moderated
by Tony O. Elumelu, the Group Chairman, UBA and Founder of the Tony
Elumelu Foundation, discussions will be focused on Africa’s development
in the areas of the economy and finance, trade, health and the unity of
the continent.
The
theme this year is ‘Bringing Africa to the World’, epitomised by the
global success of the panellists’ careers. The event will take place
virtually on Tuesday May 25th, 2021 at 12pm WAT.
Africa
Day has been celebrated since 1963 on May 25th across the African
continent and worldwide. The day was inaugurated by the Organisation of
African Unity, in celebration of the unity, diversity and beauty of
Africa and its people.
UBA,
one of Africa’s leading financial services institutions, with a
pan-African footprint spanning 20 African countries and globally in the
United States of America, the United Kingdom and with presence in
France, continues to lead the narrative focused on the development,
growth, and unity of Africa.
The UBA Africa Conversations is open to all and registration is possible on the UBA Group website africaday.ubagroup.com/reserve
UBA
Plc is a leading Pan-African financial institution, offering banking
services to more than twenty five million customers, across over 1,000
business offices and customer touch points, in 20 African countries.
With presence in the United States of America, the United Kingdom and
France, UBA is connecting people and businesses across Africa through
retail; commercial and corporate banking; innovative cross-border
payments and remittances; trade finance and ancillary banking services.
Website: www.ubagroup.com
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