UBA Wins Social Infrastructure Deal Of The Year Award

UBA Pan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has won the African Investor (Ai) Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year award.

The award was announced at the Ai CEO Infrastructure and Sovereign Investment Summit in Cape Town, South Africa recently.

According to a statement by the bank, the Ai Infrastructure Investment Awards formally recognises achievements across the main infrastructure sectors in Africa, and reward the institutions and personalities driving transactions and improving the continent’s infrastructure investment climate.

It explained that UBA was given the award for its significant investment in social infrastructure across the continent in building the economic capacity of the communities where it operates.


Commenting on the awards, the Group Managing Director of the bank, Phillips Oduoza, explained that the award was a reflection of the bank’s commitment to supporting the growth of critical sectors of the African economy with its financial expertise and strong balance sheet.

He maintained that infrastructural development is critical in driving and sustaining Africa’s growth momentum.

He added that the bank has built the needed expertise to package and support the right infrastructure deals that would deliver value to the majority of Africans and support economic growth.