28 | The Lion King
News Roundup
SNPC and ORION
Oil Executives
Pay Visit to UBA
House
E
xecutives of Société Nationale
de Pétrole du Congo (SNPC)
and ORION Oil DRC, led by the
Managing Director of Finance and
Accounting, SNPC, Nganongo Calixte
and Ebata Lucien, Managing Direc-
tor/CEO, ORION Oil, recently paid a
working visit to UBA House, Marina,
Lagos, Nigeria.
Speaking during the visit, Nganongo
Calixte explained that they were at
the UBA House to show their apprecia-
tion for the strong business relationship
between both companies and UBA,
which has seen UBA finance some
of the SNPC’s key projects. He also
used the opportunity to request UBA’s
support for the SNPC’s planned $1.5
billion loan syndication.
GMD/CEO, Phillips Oduoza in his
response, said that UBA is always eager
to support transactions financed by
Africans for Africans.
Other members of the visiting Congo-
lese delegation were Ominga Maixent
Raoul, Head of Accounting, SNPC,
Congo Brazzaville; Lekaka Sylvain, Head
of Legal, SNPC, Congo Brazzaville;
Tendaie Mukendi Ted, CFO, ORION
Oil, DRC and Nkanza Makani Anicet,
ORION Oil, DRC.
On the UBA delegation were Kennedy
Uzoka, DMD/CEO, UBA Africa; Apollos
Ikpobe, DMD, Domestic; Muyiwa
Akinyemi, Divisional Head, Corporate
& Commercial Banking, Africa; Martin
Che, CEO, UBA Congo Brazzaville;
Razak Shittu, Divisional Head, Oil &
Gas; Oliver Alawuba, Deputy CEO,
UBA Africa (Wholesale Bank); Samuel
Adikamkwu, Group Legal Counsel and
Ike Uche, Chief Risk and Compliance
Officer.
Societe Nationale des Petroles du
Congo (SNPC) supervises petroleum
exploration and production activities.
Established in 1998, it is headquartered
in Brazzaville, Congo with additional
offices in Pointe-Noire, Congo and
London.
L-R: CEO, UBA Congo Brazzaville, Martin
Che; Managing Director/CEO, ORION
Oil, Ebata Lucien; DMD/CEO, UBA
Africa, Kennedy Uzoka; Group Managing
Director/CEO, Phillips Oduoza; Manag-
ing Director of Finance and Accounting,
Société Nationale de Pétrole du Congo
(SNPC), Nganongo Calixte; Managing
Director and Group Head, Ecobank
Capital, Moyo Kamgaing and DMD,
Domestic, Apollos Ikpobe
UBA Foundation
Launches
National Essay
Competition in
Ghana
I
n continuation of its leading role
and commitment in developing
Africa’s educational sector, UBA
Foundation on Wednesday Sep-
tition is coming when attention is being
given to educational development in
Ghana.
MD/CEO, UBA Ghana, Mrs. Abiola
Bawuah reiterated the importance of
education and assured that UBA will
continue to support the Ghana Edu-
cation Board in promoting a healthy
educational development.
Ms Ijeoma Aso, the MD/CEO of UBA
Foundation, said the essay competition
will provide students in senior secondary
schools in Ghana the opportunity to win
prizes in the form of educational grants
to attend any African University of their
tember 24, 2014 unveiled plans for its
maiden national essay competition for
secondary schools in Ghana.
The essay competition, to be known as
the ‘UBA National Essay Competition
in Ghana’, is scheduled to commence
with calls for entries from eligible partic-
ipants starting on Wednesday, Septem-
ber 24, 2014 and closing on October 31,
2014.
Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Education,
Hon. Okudjeto Ablakwa officially un-
veiled the maiden edition of the essay
competition in Ghana. The minister, full
of appreciation, said the essay compe-
