Month: March 2018

GTBank’s ‘YouREAD Initiative’ Backs Nigerian Attempt To Make History

One of the CSR programmes of GTBank, YouREAD Initiative, which was launched in 2017 to rekindle the interest in reading, has thrown its weight behind a 40-year old Nigerian, Olubayode Treasures Olawunmi, who is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the Longest Marathon Read Aloud. The current record holder, Deepak Sharma Bajaan, attained…

UBA, China Development Bank Sign $100m Loan Deal For SMEs in Africa

Pan-African banking group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and the world’s largest development finance institution, China Development Bank (CDB) have signed a $100 million seven-year loan agreement to finance the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Africa. The deal was signed on February 27, 2018 by executives of the two financial institutions…