Building capacity of fresh graduates: UBA grooms 700 future professionals across Africa to fast-track career growth.

The freshly trained graduates were inducted into the UBA Tribe after a rigorous 6-month hands-on-work and learning experience.

This was as the financial institution held the maiden edition of its expanded Graduate Management Accelerated Programme, recently.

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria’s, CIBN, accredited programme, adopted from the globally recognised Graduate Training Programme, UBA officials said, is aimed at building capacity of fresh graduates.

The fresh graduates, the institution’s officials further explained, are trained as professionals for accelerated career growth to leadership and key positions.  

The 700 graduates, completed an intense capacity-building programme, combining learning with on-the-job training experience, garnered while rotating across the bank departments and units. 

After completing the rigorous training, the 700 graduates, UBA officials revealed, will be placed in the Bank’s business offices and customer touch points across its 19 African subsidiaries. 

Managing Director/CEO of UBA Cameroon, Jude Anele, flanked by newly groomed professionals

Speaking at the ceremony, the Chairman of UBA, Tony O. Elumelu, harped on the importance of prioritising human capital development.

He commended the robust programme for churning out bright and promising professionals, poised to take the bank to another level. 

“It is important to develop platforms for people to grow. We would love to see our future CEO’s from this program and I hope that the enthusiasm, excitement, and energy I see and feel in this room today translates into the greatness we anticipate so that this young bright professionals can help take UBA to the next level,” Chairman of UBA said. 

UBA, Elumelu said, “is giving opportunities to young Africans, by addressing unemployment on the continent”.

“Employment of these large numbers of young people at this time explains the role our Bank is playing in engineering growth and development across Africa,” Elumelu said. 

Speaking at the event, UBA Group Managing Director, Oliver Alawuba, said that the Bank’s future is guaranteed considering the quality of the graduands produced and the commitment shown by participants over the course of the programme.

“I have observed, with pride, the dedication, resilience, and unwavering commitment shown by all participants of the GMAP program and delighted. The role of participants is pivotal in providing the much-needed resource required to make the participants of the programme successful as they kick-start their careers,” Alawuba stated. 

The UBA Group Managing Director, used the opportunity to reiterate the Bank’s commitment of giving “everyone equal opportunity to achieve their dreams, irrespective of age, tribe, gender, and background”.

“The transformation of our dear continent, Africa, is very important to our vision. To achieve this mandate, we need believers, doers, and agents of transformation. Today, you have become an instrument that will transport our countries and continent to the new world order,” Alawuba noted. 

About UBA 

UBA is a leading pan-African financial institution, offering banking services to more than thirty-seven million customers across 1,000 business offices and customer touch points in 20 African countries.

With a presence in New York, London, Paris, Cayman Island and now the UAE, UBA is connecting people and businesses across Africa through retail, commercial and corporate banking, innovative cross-border payments and remittances, trade finance and ancillary banking services.

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The freshly trained graduates were inducted into the UBA Tribe after a rigorous 6-month hands-on-work and learning experience.

This was as the financial institution held the maiden edition of its expanded Graduate Management Accelerated Programme, recently.

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria’s, CIBN, accredited programme, adopted from the globally recognised Graduate Training Programme, UBA officials said, is aimed at building capacity of fresh graduates.

The fresh graduates, the institution’s officials further explained, are trained as professionals for accelerated career growth to leadership and key positions.  

The 700 graduates, completed an intense capacity-building programme, combining learning with on-the-job training experience, garnered while rotating across the bank departments and units. 

After completing the rigorous training, the 700 graduates, UBA officials revealed, will be placed in the Bank’s business offices and customer touch points across its 19 African subsidiaries. 

Managing Director/CEO of UBA Cameroon, Jude Anele, flanked by newly groomed professionals

Speaking at the ceremony, the Chairman of UBA, Tony O. Elumelu, harped on the importance of prioritising human capital development.

He commended the robust programme for churning out bright and promising professionals, poised to take the bank to another level. 

“It is important to develop platforms for people to grow. We would love to see our future CEO’s from this program and I hope that the enthusiasm, excitement, and energy I see and feel in this room today translates into the greatness we anticipate so that this young bright professionals can help take UBA to the next level,” Chairman of UBA said. 

UBA, Elumelu said, “is giving opportunities to young Africans, by addressing unemployment on the continent”.

“Employment of these large numbers of young people at this time explains the role our Bank is playing in engineering growth and development across Africa,” Elumelu said. 

Speaking at the event, UBA Group Managing Director, Oliver Alawuba, said that the Bank’s future is guaranteed considering the quality of the graduands produced and the commitment shown by participants over the course of the programme.

“I have observed, with pride, the dedication, resilience, and unwavering commitment shown by all participants of the GMAP program and delighted. The role of participants is pivotal in providing the much-needed resource required to make the participants of the programme successful as they kick-start their careers,” Alawuba stated. 

The UBA Group Managing Director, used the opportunity to reiterate the Bank’s commitment of giving “everyone equal opportunity to achieve their dreams, irrespective of age, tribe, gender, and background”.

“The transformation of our dear continent, Africa, is very important to our vision. To achieve this mandate, we need believers, doers, and agents of transformation. Today, you have become an instrument that will transport our countries and continent to the new world order,” Alawuba noted. 

About UBA 

UBA is a leading pan-African financial institution, offering banking services to more than thirty-seven million customers across 1,000 business offices and customer touch points in 20 African countries.

With a presence in New York, London, Paris, Cayman Island and now the UAE, UBA is connecting people and businesses across Africa through retail, commercial and corporate banking, innovative cross-border payments and remittances, trade finance and ancillary banking services.