UBA wins Bank of the Year in Africa award – Nigeria’s United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has received the remarkably coveted “Bank of the Year in Africa” award for 2014 pan-African bank brands.
UBA, which is one of Africa’s largest financial services institutions, also won in five categories to become one of the highest single winning bank brands at this year’s awards of The Banker magazine held in London on Thursday.
This is the second time in three years that UBA Plc has won the prestigious award. The first time was in 2012.
Four country subsidiaries of the UBA Group in Sierra Leone, Gabon, Senegal and Cote D’Ivoire also won “Bank of the Year” for their respective countries, reflecting a brand excellence that cuts across national bounds and pervades the continent.
UBA Senegal won the award for the third consecutive year, having won it in 2012 and 2013.
Speaking on the award, the Group Managing Director/CEO for UBA Plc, Mr. Phillips Oduoza, said: “Winning this award twice in three years is a recognition of our commitment to delivering excellence and our consistent achievement of that goal.
“We remain focused on the realisation of our strategic intent of becoming ‘Africa’s Global Bank’ and continue to explore opportunities in markets and sectors across the continent that will enable us achieve this intent,” he said.
A publication of the Financial Times newspaper, The Banker is a global financial intelligence magazine that provides global bank ratings and analyses and is the definitive reference on international banking for high level decision makers globally.
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