From John Silas, Lagos
As part of activities to mark its 75th anniversary of delivering excellent services and driving global impact, Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has unveiled the UBA Time Capsule as well as a Tribe Photo Wall.
The UBA time capsule brings together objects or information from the past 75 years that will be preserved for future generations to discover and learn more about the history of the global financial institution, that has grown from a small office in Lagos, Nigeria to a financial giant with tentacles in 20 African countries as well as four key financial capitals of the world – London, Paris, America and Dubai.
UBA’s Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Oliver Alawuba, who spoke during the unveiling and ribbon cutting ceremony at the UBA Head Office on Thursday, explained to staff members and press men present that the Time Capsule as well as the Tribe’s Photo wall were set up to celebrating the dedication, innovations, and partnerships forged by the bank over the past seven decades as it continues to provide solutions to over 45 million customers worldwide.
He took time to lay the groundwork for the next 25 and 75 years as he reeled off what the bank aims to achieve in its quest to take Africa to the world, adding that “what we are doing here today is part of UBA’s 75th Anniversary celebrations which began early this year.
“Today, we are unveiling our Time Capsule, which shows the history of what we are and where we have been in the past seven decades. It is a trip down our memory lane, showing all that we achieved and how we got here.
“You can also see the UBA tribe wall which we unveiled today, this basically shows how we see all the staff of UBA, both past and present who have in one way or the other contributed to where we are today.
“As you all know, there is no UBA without staff, so we are today launching the UBA Tribe wall to tell our story on how the bank has grown, by showing our history of how we started and where we are now.”
He said the bank would continue to focus on the people and its customers to ensure that they tailor each of its activities, products and services to meet the growing needs of its rich clientele situated all around the world.
