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in the area of education,” she said.
The efforts at improving the continent and changing the narrative has gone beyond conversations and CSRs as the bank has overtime made several investments into key economies in the continent.
For a financial institution that gains over
40% of its revenue contribution from its African subsidiaries, it is only important that the bank maintains a strong pedigree of supporting business incursions into other African countries by helping it develop across all sectors with a plethora of big- ticket transactions in various sectors
like infrastructure, power, agriculture, telecommunications, amongst others.
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Recently, the Foundation commemorated the International Day of
the African child with
a special edition of its Read Africa project
The bank has never hidden its support
for the growth of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in Africa, as it has discovered that this is key to the development of any meaningful economy and continent.
It is important to note that UBA recognises the core role of the private sector in the economic development of Africa and the need to support African entrepreneurship as the catalyst to creating jobs and fighting against poverty on the continent. This is therefore, why the bank has totally aligned with, and is fully committed to supporting the Africapitalism philosophy, the brainchild of the chairman.
Thus, the bank has committed huge funds in billions of dollars to encourage and support the dream of growing an Africa that will be self-sufficient and consequently boost entrepreneurship, creating wealth on the continent.
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