Tag: UBA foundation
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UBA Foundation announces 2024 National Essay Competition with double grant prize increase
UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has launched the 2024 edition of its prestigious National Essay Competition (NEC), unveiling a significant 100% increase in the educational grants for top winners.
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UBA Foundation Commemorates 2020 International Day of the African Child, Donates Thousands of Books Across Africa
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Wednesday joined the rest of the world to celebrate African children in this year’s edition of the International Day of the African Child. June 16 every year, has been set aside by the United Nations as the International Day of…
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Wizkid, Kennedy Uzoka give back at UBA Foundation Food Bank
UBA’s Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Kennedy Uzoka, and pop star, Wizkid, fed thousands of people through the UBA Foundation Food Bank. The duo distributed food items and goodies to the less privileged last Friday at the UBA Foundation Garden in Marina, Lagos. The food bank is an initiative to feed the less privileged across…
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12 Finalists Selected in UBA Foundation National Essay Competition 2018 amidst Increase in Entries
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the twelve finalists for the 2018 edition of its annual National Essay Competition. The 12 finalists will sit for the second round of the competition, where three winners will emerge after undergoing supervised essay writing on a different…
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CSR: UBA Foundation constructs, commissions Link Bridge at Usman Danfodiyo University
UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility Arm of Pan- African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has completed the construction of a pedestrian bridge primarily for students of the Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto State, thus bringing comfort to students of the institution. The construction of the bridge, valued at about N13m was commissioned…
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2017 National Essay Competition: UBA Foundation announces call for entries
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa Plc, has announced the call for entries for the 2017 edition of its annual UBA Foundation National Essay Competition in Nigeria. The essay competition, which is put together for senior secondary school students, is organized as part of UBA Foundation’s Education initiative…
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UBA Foundation takes its Read Africa Initiative to Kenya
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, through its Corporate Social Responsibility arm, the UBA Foundation, continued on its quest to educate and empower African youths as it visited Our Lady of Mercy Girls Secondary School in Nairobi to donate over 500 copies of the book The Fishermen(by Chigozie Obioma), under the UBA Foundation’s Read…