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UBA Chairman Named Vanguard Africa
Personality of the Year 2014
UBA Participates in Social Media Week
Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Board
Chairman, UBA Plc, has been named
Vanguard Africa Personality of the Year
2014. He was given the award during
the recent Vanguard Newspapers
Media Awards. The event, which held
at Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, had in
attendance distinguished members of
the society from all walks of life.
Mr. Elumelu, later paid a visit to Van-
guard Newspapers office during which
UBA was a sponsor and key participant
at this year’s annual Social Media Week
its destiny of economic emancipation
in its own hands; and his belief that Af-
rican businesses can change the face
of Africa and transform it from an aid
dependent continent into an industrial-
ised one. The organisers of the award,
he said, acknowledged the various
institutions Elumelu has set up to instil
entrepreneurial values in African youths
to make them stand out as employers
of labour.
While acknowledging the award, Tony
Elumelu stressed that the recognition will
encourage him to work harder to make
Africa the continent of our dreams.
flow Automation and Enterprise Inte-
gration at UBA Plc delivered a lecture,
‘The Future of Banking is Social’ where
he appraised the impact of social
media on the evolution of interaction
and value exchange. He argued that
value exchange has become the basis
of social interaction globally.
Speaking on how social media is
impacting on banking, Mr. Akosa said
that UBA has been at the innovative
front in making banking services possi-
ble on social media platforms across Af-
rica. He noted that UBA is positioned to
socialize banking across Africa because
it has subsidiaries in 19 African countries
on the continent.’
“Our Sub-Saharan Africa footprints give
us the audacity to play a key role in
socializing banking services for a more
connected Africa.” Akosa said.
The Social Media Week is set aside to
celebrate all social media platforms
and sensitize people on the need to
use social media to enhance value and
human essence.
L-R: Mr. Mideno Bayagbon, Editor, Vanguard Newspaper; Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman,
UBA and recipient of Vanguard’s Africa Personality of the Year Award, 2014; Mr. Sam
Amuka, Publisher, Vanguard Newspapers andMr. Gbenga Adefaye, General Manager/
Editor-in-Chief, Vanguard Newspaper
L-R: Onyebuchi Akosa, Head, WorkflowAutomation and Enterprise Integration, UBA; Ngozi Odita, Founder
of Afrikazi, Organizers of the event, and Olugbenga Osofisan, Divisional Head, IT Business Solutions &
Automation at the Social MediaWeek
L-R: Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of THISDAY Newspaper, Nduka
Obaigbena; Governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido and DMD/
CEO, UBA Africa, Kennedy Uzoka at the Vanguard Africa Personality of
the Year Award
Mr. Sam Amuka, Publisher, Vanguard
Newspapers said that the Board of the
newspaper house are proud of Mr. Elu-
melu’s achievements in the economic
development of Africa especially in the
promotion of Africapitalism. He de-
scribed Elumelu as the most impactful
business person on the continent.
He said Mr. Elumelu was selected for
the award based on his immense con-
tribution to ensuring that Africa takes
events. In one of the events during the
week, Onyebuchi Akosa, Head, Work-
