President Kagame, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Others To Headline UBA Africa Conversations

 

Leading Pan-African bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced plans for this year’s edition of its UBA Africa Conversations.

The event will be headlined by notable African leaders and they include, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-Genral of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Mr. Makhtar Sop Diop, Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation.

The conversations will be held online on africaday.UBAgroup.com.

According to the bank, at a time of unparalleled African leadership in global organisations, the UBA Africa Conversations provides the opportunity for an African and global audience to hear directly from our distinguished guests on Africa’s relationship with the world, the opportunities and the challenges, and their own personal journeys.

The event will be moderated by Tony O. Elumelu, the Group Chairman, UBA and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and discussions will be focused on Africa’s development in the areas of the economy and finance, trade, health and the unity of the continent.

The theme this year is ‘Bringing Africa to the World’ which is epitomised by the global success of the panellists’ careers. The event will take place virtually on Tuesday May 25th, 2021 at 12pm WAT.

Africa Day has been celebrated since 1963 on May 25th across the African continent and worldwide. The day was inaugurated by the Organisation of African Unity, in celebration of the unity, diversity and beauty of Africa and its people.