Day: October 11, 2023

Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, yesterday held the maiden edition of its expanded Graduate Management Accelerated Programme(GMAP) where over 700 graduates were inducted into the UBA Tribe after a rigorous 6-month hands-on-work and learning experience.

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria’s(CIBN) accredited programme and adopted from the globally recognized Graduate Training Programme, is aimed at building capacity of fresh graduates who are trained as professionals for accelerated career growth to leadership and key positions.

The graduands, from across its 19 African subsidiaries, completed an intense capacity-building programme, combining learning with on-the-job training experience, garnered while rotating across the bank departments and units.

The Chairman of UBA, Tony O. Elumelu, who spoke about the importance of prioritising human capital development, commended the robust program that churned 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,” Elumelu said

“UBA 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,” he said

Speaking at the event, 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.”.

“In UBA, we give 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 said .

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.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

On Monday, 9 October 2023, in the afternoon session of the work of the Synod the votes for the election of the members of the Synthesis Report Commission and the Information Commission were held in which participants voted for the election of the members of the Commission for Information who will oversee the communications work of the 2023 Synod Assembly. During that vote, Cameron’s Archbishop Andrew Nkea, Metropolitan of the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province (Cameroon), Archbishop of Bamenda, President of the Bamenda Provincial Episcopal Conference (BAPEC) and President of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) was voted as a Member of the Commission for Information.

The Synthesis Report Commission has the task not of writing, but of periodically supervising, amending and approving the preparation work of the draft Synthesis Report, with a view to its presentation in the Assembly while The Information Commission has the task of dealing with communication on the progress of the Synod Assembly, in accordance with Art. 24 1 of the Regulation of understanding with the Dicastery for Communication and the General Secretariat.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

President Sahle-Work Zewde received Director-General of UN International Organization of Migration (IOM) Amy E. Pope.

The director general said Ethiopia is the first country she visited since she took office recently because it is the seat of African Union and that the country can be a key partner.

The President emphasized that efforts need to be redoubled in assisting the 4 million displaced persons.

She also informed the director general about Ethiopia’s plan to organize a regional ministerial meeting on migration.

Before joining IOM, Pope served as the Senior Advisor on Migration to US President Joe Biden and served as the Deputy Homeland Security Advisor to President Obama.

While working at the White House, she developed and implemented comprehensive strategies to address migration, in areas such as countering trafficking in persons, resettling refugees and vulnerable people, and preparing communities to respond and adapt to climate-related crises.

Pope assumed the duties of Director General for a five-year term beginning from 1 October 2023.

Pope is in Addis Ababa for a working visit and she held several discussions with government officials.

Source: Ethiopian News Agency

The Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission announced that a national dialogue conference will be convened in the first quarter of next year.

Briefing the diplomatic community residing in Addis Ababa and representatives of partner organizations on the activities of the commission this afternoon, the Chief Commissioner said the conference is planned to take place in the fist quarter of the upcoming year.

Chief Commissioner Mesfin explained that the commission has been carrying out various activities and various stakeholders were engaged at federal and regional levels in designing the methodology.

Moreover, he pointed out that selection of the participants at woreda level was undertaken with the support of partners.

All stakeholders and constituencies which participated in the agenda collection will send their representatives to the conference, according to the chief commissioner.

The participation of the Woreda level constituencies will be 20-30 percent of the total participants.

Each regional state will be allocated equal numbers of stakeholder representatives and the federal level will have their own allocated numbers, he added.

According to Professor Mesfin, the diaspora will also participate in the national dialogue conference.

Moreover, the commission will continue making comprehensive efforts to engage armed groups to be part the national dialogue process.

Source: Ethiopian News Agency