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Events
Discussing US-Africa and Middle East re-
lations:
On the way into the State Dinner
hosted by President Obama for select
delegates at the White House, Mr. Elu-
melu and John Kerry, Secretary of State
for the US found time to talk about US Af-
rica and Middle East relations.
The UBA family and top members of key Nigerian institutions were well represent-
ed at the summit. Above from left to right, CEO, National Competitiveness Council
Of Nigeria, Mr. Chika Mordi; Chairman, UBA Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu; Vice Chairman,
UBA Plc, Amb. Joe Keshi; GMD/CEO, UBA Plc, Mr. Phillips Oduoza and CEO, Ni-
gerian Sovereign Wealth Fund, Mr. Uche Orji, at the CEO Dialogue Forum with US
Congressmen, during the Summit in Washington DC
Mr. Oduoza also had a chat with Amer-
ican business magnate, politician and
philanthropist, Michael Bloomberg dur-
ing the US-Africa Business Leaders Sum-
mit. The interest of the American busi-
ness community in investing in Africa
is huge. UBA’s extensive platform and
experience doing business in 19 African
countries offers the best platform to in-
vest in Africa.
Deliberations over af-
ter three days of active
discussions,
meetings
and interviews, UBA
Chairman and his team
heads back to Africa
to begin the real work,
as he says that the suc-
cess of the event will
ultimately be judged
not by “the quality of at-
tendance but on what
we can achieve togeth-
er, going forward.”
