Abiola
Bawuah, MD/CEO, UBA Ghana, officially launched the second edition of the UBA
Foundation organized National Essay Competition in Ghana on Friday, September
18, 2015.
Speaking at the
event, she assured that UBA strongly believes in investing in people. While
calling on Ghanaian secondary students to participate in the competition she
assured that “UBA Ghana will continue to pursue excellence in education,
customer service and digital banking.”
Ijeoma Aso, MD/CEO, UBA Foundation said the
purpose of the competition is to reward diligence, excellence and hard work
among senior secondary school students as well as to assist students with
educational grants to help with their tuition in any African university of
their choice.
The Deputy Minister
of Education, Mr. Okudjeto Ablakwa was also present at the event and he
commended UBA for the laudable initiative.
The winner from
last year’s competition (represented by her father) and the 2nd runner up were
presented with cheques of the promised educational grants. Both winners have
gained admission to study in African universities of their choice.
UBA Foundation is
the corporate social responsibility arm of pan-African financial services
group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc,
a highly diversified financial services group and leading provider of
innovative e-banking solutions across Africa. UBA is one of the largest
financial institutions in Africa, with offices in New York, London and Paris.
The UBA Group has strong retail penetration
across the African continent with more than 8 million customers. These
customers enjoy a bouquet of products and services tailored to meet their
different financial needs backed by cutting edge technology that offers secure
and convenient real-time online banking services.
