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.
The ceremony, which was held at Landmark Events Centre in Lagos on Thursday, 20 August, 2025, celebrated graduates from Nigeria and across African countries where the bank operates.
The GMAP programme is designed to equip young professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate and succeed in the banking sector, and has now graduated more than 5,000 young professionals, providing them with the mentorship, training and hands-on experience needed to boost their careers.
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.
The cohort, made up of 223 women and 151 men, was drawn from UBA operations across eight African countries, with 345 graduates from UBA Nigeria and 29 from subsidiaries in Guinea, Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia and Côte d’Ivoire.
