UBA Sets To Lead Sponsorship Of Lagos International Trade Fair 2023

By Emmanuel Adeoye

The United Bank For Africa, UBA, is set to lead the sponsorship of the Lagos International Trade Fair 2023 holding at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos between November 3rd and 12th later in the year. 

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Speaking at a press briefing in the Commerce House, Lagos on Thursday, where the announcement was made public, the Chairman Trade Promotion Board, LCCI, Engr. Leye Kupoluyi, commended UBA for once again offering to lead the sponsorship of the Trade fair for the year 2023. 

Meanwhile, in a press release signed and sent to Treasure Newspaper on Friday evening, the UBA’s Head of the SME Banking, Babatunde Ajayi, stated that, “UBA’s partnership with the LCCI emphasizes its support for local businesses and the community. We at UBA, consider this as exemplary which is why our partnership with LCCI continues to stand the test of time. There is no gain saying that in virtually all economies all over the world – developed and developing alike, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are critical to the generation of economic activity and to long-term sustainability.”

He assured the public of the readiness of the top Management of the United Bank For Africa, UBA, to incentivise businesses that registers to attend.  

Solidifying the arrangement to lead the sponsorship of the annual event, Babatunde Ajayi expressed UBA’s readiness to fine tuned it’s plans with the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, to bolster small and medium scales businesses, while catalysing entrepreneurial growth across the continent.

He added that for the past five years, UBA has been the headline sponsor for this all-important event, and this year’s edition which is the 37th, is scheduled to hold at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, between November 3rd and 12th, 2023.

He told interested participants that would be coming that the edition promises to provide networking opportunities, showcasing innovation, promoting international trade, industry and sector diversity while boosting local businesses. 

He said the local organising committee is bringing world class facilities and ambience with the best exhibition standard, health, safety and deployment of digital banking platforms provided by the bank for the ease of money transactions and intra-Africa fund transfers.  

He explained that the bank’s commitment to offer special incentives to businesses that register to attend the fair is in line with UBA’s unflinching support to the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), maintaining that “UBA will be giving special incentives to businesses who register to attend the fair,” Ajayi noted. 

Overall, the collaboration between UBA and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry to host the Lagos International Trade Fair in 2023 appears to be a significant opportunity for businesses, both small and large, to grow, network, and explore new horizons in the business world. It has the potential to boost economic activity and contribute to the development of the Nigerian business landscape.

He described the UBA as 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 presence in New York, London, Cayman Island and Paris 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.