Good People, join me to congratulate the big boss, Chairman Tony Elumelu, for taking UBA to the mountaintop as the Africa’s global bank picks a license to begin full-scale banking operations in France: “The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has entered into a pivotal agreement with the French government to establish full-scale banking operations in France. The move represents a major step forward in UBA’s mission to connect Africa to the global financial system, marking a new chapter in the bank’s international expansion strategy.”
This week, I chaired the Board of Ourpass MFB Bank which is launching in full days in Nigeria. As a teacher, many things have become very easy in business because Chairman Elumelu gave a village boy from Ovim the opportunity to enter those special rooms.
When he invited me to join the advisory board of the $100 million Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Fund, it was my first time doing anything in that domain. I was just a teacher teaching microelectronics at Carnegie Mellon University, but here a banking legend felt he could be valuable. In the last few weeks, we have invested in 15 companies in Mexico, US, India, UK, Nigeria, etc via Tekedia Capital, and what we do possibly may not have happened without those privileged exposures.
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So, on this day, I congratulate him, the UBA family, and Nigeria, for this major win. Nigeria needs to be represented in all the key markets in the world. The UBA logo welcoming all of us in France, at the retail space beyond its previous structure in Paris, London, New York, etc, is moving forward, for Africa.
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