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The UBA Africa Conversations 2021: Join Africa's Global Leaders
2021-05-18 / 15:15
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The UBA Africa Conversations 2021: Join Africa's Global Leaders - President Kagame of Rwanda, WTO's Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, UBA's Tony O. Elumelu, WHO's Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, IFC's Makhtar Sop Diop, to Celebrate Africa
Day at the UBA Africa Conversations 2021
LAGOS, Nigeria, May 18, 2021/ -- The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc (www.UBAgroup.com), 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.
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About United Bank for Africa (UBA):
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.
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