Accra, Ghana, February 21, 2020//-Years of UBA’s investment in social responsibility initiatives are contributing to the improvement of lives of the people, according to senior official of the bank.
The Head, Corporate Banking at United Bank for Africa (UBA) Ghana Limited, Peter Dery said this at a ceremony in Accra organized by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFP) to honour young achievers.
He noted that the bank has invested in scholarships for Senior High School education over the past five years in the National Essay Competition (NEC) where winners can attend any university of their choices in Africa.
Mr Dery added that the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) which is an initiative by the founder and Chairman of UBA has disbursed an amount of $2.5million seed capital to the AfDB-sponsored beneficiaries of the 2019 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme.
He encouraged participants of the Youth Leaders (YoLE) fellowship programme and the youth to respond to the TEF call for proposal which is open till March 31, 2020.
Mr Dery lauded the initiative by the UNFP and look for ways to partner them to deliver the necessary skills in leadership to the young people.
The event was also to throw more light on the activities of the UNFP as well as the YoLE fellowship programme which provides the youth with leadership skills.
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