UBA Organises Empowerment Programme For Women

UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa Plc, has said it organised various activities aimed at empowering young women and promoting gender equality last month.

According to the foundation, the empowerment programme was organised as a way of joining the rest of the world to celebrate women in the month of March.

Specifically, the foundation organised a two-day empowerment programme tagged ‘Women Digital Workshop’ where young women were trained by professionals on various tech skills at the UBA Academy in UBA House.

A statement quoted the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, UBA Foundation, Bola Atta, who addressed participants at the beginning of the workshop, as emphasizing the bank’s commitment towards upholding the pillars of the foundation which are education, environment and economic empowerment.

“At UBA, we understand the need to give back to everyone, especially young women in African communities towards catalysing sustainable socio-economic development, and we are totally committed to women empowerment as we continue to champion women’s causes in our business and through our work”, she said.