UBA strengthens Africa’s future leadership pipeline, graduates 374 young professionals

” Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa, Tony Elumelu; Group Managing Director, UBA, Oliver Alawuba ; Executive Director, Finance and Risk Management, Ugo Nwaghodoh; flanked by members of Executive Management Committee of UBA Group and the graduands from various African Countries during the graduation of Cohort 21 of 2026 Graduate Management Accelerated Programme(GMAP), in Lagos on Thursday He charged them to learn faster than the world changes, to treat trust as their most valuable asset, and to convert potential into performance, linking each to the Bank’s core values of excellence, enterprise and execution.

Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa, Tony Elumelu (7th left); Group Managing Director, UBA, Oliver Alawuba, (5th Left); Group Head, Human Resources, Modupe Akindele (3rd left) and Executive Director, Finance, Ugo Nwaghodoh , flanked by prize winners from the 2026 Graduate Management Accelerated Programme(GMAP) Cohort 21 Class of UBA Academy, during the graduation ceremony held for over 374 trainees from across Africa, in Lagos on Thursday.

Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has graduated and inducted 374 young professionals into its workforce, marking the completion of Cohort 21 of its Graduate Management Accelerator Programme (GMAP), the Bank’s flagship talent development scheme.