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ity grid.
Between 2015 and 2017, the bank has provided a total of US$87m funding
towards importation of agricultural inputs • under the government-driven Farmer
Input Support Program (FISP) which
provides agriculture inputs to about
1m small-scale farmers. Also, between 2015-2017 UBA Zambia dispatched over 130,000 prepaid cards for small scale
farmers under the Ministry of Agriculture spread across Zambia. •
Other remarkable achievements include:
• Award for ‘Pioneering Financial
Inclusion Solutions’ by Mastercard in
2017 •
• Revolutionizing banking in Zambia
with the first virtual banker in 2018. •
‘LEO’, an A.I banking solution gives Customers access to banking solu- tions through Facebook messenger.
Introduction of the UBA Student card for Evelyn Hone college. The first of its kind, UBA Zambia Co-branded
its prepaid card with Evelyn Hone College, repackaged as the Student card. The card is used as a student ID and expense card
In 2017 UBA Zambia won the bid to bank all United Nations agencies, providing ATM machines, Prepaid cards
Award for ‘VISA Best Co-Branding Bank’ in 2015
International Finance Banking award
for ‘Best Digital Bank in Zambia’, 2018
• Zambia Chamber of commerce, ‘Best Innovative Bank with SME Pack- age’, 2018
Zambia, home to the great Zambezi
Zambia is home to more natural wa-
ter resources than any other southern African country, including the famous Zambezi River and its majestic Victoria Falls, along with a myriad of other falls dotted across the country. The country has experienced rapid economic growth over the last decade as Africa’s second largest copper producer, after the DR
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