Awards​ & Achievements

Africa Bank of the Year and Best Digital Bank in Africa. These are some of our distinguished awards over the years.

UBA continuously gives outstanding representation

With multiple awards over the years, UBA continues to distinguish itself in the financial service industry across Africa. We are at the forefront of innovation on the continent as we aim to deliver excellent services to our customers.

Reputable Awards



Winner, Best Regional Bank – West Africa 2024

Awarding Institution: The African Bank Awards

Recipient: 
UBA Group




Winner, Africa Bank of the Year 2023
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Group


Winner, Bank of the Year 2023
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Cameroon


Winner, Bank of the Year 2023
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana


Winner, Bank of the Year 2023
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Chad


Winner, Bank of the Year 2023
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Cote d’ivoire


Winner, Bank of the Year 2023
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Mozambique


Winner, Bank of the Year 2023
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Congo


Winner, Bank of the Year 2023
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Tanzania


Winner, Bank of the Year 2023
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Sierra Leone


Best SME Bank 2023
Awarding Institution: Global Finance Award
Recipient: 
UBA Nigeria


Best SME Bank 2023
Awarding Institution: Global Finance Award
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana


Best SME Bank 2023
Awarding Institution: Global Finance Award
Recipient: 
UBA Mozambique


Money Market Liquidity Provider
Awarding Institution: FMDQ Gold Awards.
Recipient: 
UBA Group


FX Market Liquidity Provider
Awarding Institution: FMDQ Gold Awards.
Recipient: 
UBA Group


Dealing Member of the Year
Awarding Institution: FMDQ Gold Awards.
Recipient: 
UBA Group


Bank of the Year Africa 2023
Awarding Institution: BusinessDay’s Bank and other Financial Institutions Awards
Recipient: 
UBA Group


Best innovative Bank 2023
Awarding Institution: Pulse Senegal
Recipient: 
UBA Senegal


Safest Bank in Senegal 2023
Awarding Institution: Global Finance
Recipient: 
UBA Senegal


Best Banking Solutions Senegal 2023
Awarding Institution: Capital Finance International
Recipient: 
UBA Senegal


Preferred Banking Platform Ghana 2023
Awarding Institution: International Business Magazine
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana


Preferred Bank for Business Ghana 2023
Awarding Institution: International Business Magazine
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana


Best Banking Services Provider Ghana 2023
Awarding Institution: World Business Outlook
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana


Leading Financial Services Institutions Ghana 2023
Awarding Institution: World Business Outlook
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana

Winner, Bank of the Year 2022
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Burkina Faso


Winner, Bank of the Year 2022
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Chad


Winner, Bank of the Year 2022
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Liberia


Winner, Bank of the Year 2022
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Sierra Leone


Winner, Bank of the Year 2022
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Zambia


Best Trade Finance Bank
Awarding Institution: GTR Africa Leaders In Trade 2022
Recipient: 
UBA Côte d’Ivoire


Leadership Award In Corporate Social Responsibility
Awarding Institution: Marketing Edge brands and Advertising Excellence Awards
Recipient: 
UBA Foundation


Compliance Award in the category of Medium Taxpayers
Awarding Institution: Tanzania Revenue Authority
Recipient: 
UBA Tanzania


Bank of the Year
Awarding Institution: Business Day
Recipient: 
UBA Group


International Bank of the Year
Awarding Institution: Business Day
Recipient: 
UBA Group


Most Impactful project in Digital Channel/Platform
Awarding Institution: IBSI Global Fintech Innovation
Recipient: 
UBA Group


Outstanding brand of the year, Banking
Awarding Institution: Ghana West Africa Business Excellence Awards
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana


Most Socially Responsible Bank Ghana 2022
Awarding Institution: Ghana West Africa Business Excellence Awards
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana


Best Banking Services Provider Ghana 2022
Awarding Institution: Ghana West Africa Business Excellence Awards
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana


Most Resilient Banking Group Ghana 2022
Awarding Institution: Ghana West Africa Business Excellence Awards
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana


Best Retail Bank Ghana 2022
Awarding Institution: Ghana West Africa Business Excellence Awards
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana


Best Bank Chatbot Ghana 2022
Awarding Institution: Ghana West Africa Business Excellence Awards
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana


Outstanding Mobile App Ghana 2022
Awarding Institution: Ghana West Africa Business Excellence Awards
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana

Winner, Africa Bank of the Year 2021
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Group


Winner, Bank of the Year 2021
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Nigeria


Winner, Bank of the Year 2021
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Benin


Winner, Bank of the Year 2021
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Burkina Faso


Winner, Bank of the Year 2021
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Chad


Winner, Bank of the Year 2021
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Cote d’ivoire


Winner, Bank of the Year 2021
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Gabon


Winner, Bank of the Year 2021
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Liberia


Winner, Bank of the Year 2021
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Senegal


Winner, Bank of the Year 2021
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Sierra Leone


Winner, Bank of the Year 2021
Awarding Institution: The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication
Recipient: 
UBA Zambia


Banking Group Brand of the Year Ghana 2021
Awarding Institution: Global Banking and Finance Award
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana


Best CSR Bank Ghana 2021
Awarding Institution: Global Banking and Finance Award
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana


Best Remittance Bank Ghana 2021
Awarding Institution: Global Banking and Finance Award
Recipient: 
UBA Ghana

Our Achievements​

UBA has maintained a consistent and solid financial performance in its long history. We have a history of pioneering innovations in the African financial sector.

 
 
 

African Bank of the Year 2020
Sponsored Company:  The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication.
Recipient: UBA Benin, UBA Chad, UBA Cote D’Ivoire, UBA Liberia, UBA Sierra Leone, UBA Zambia.

 
 

Best Commercial Bank Website 2020
Sponsored Company: Philips Consulting
Recipient: UBA Group

 
 

International Bank of the Year
Sponsored Company: BusinessDay Banks & other Financial Institution Awards
Recipient: UBA Group

 

Bank of the Year 2020
Sponsored Company: BusinessDay Banks & other Financial Institution Awards
Recipient: UBA Group

Best CSR Company in support of Education
Sponsored Company: Brand Journalists’ Association of Nigeria
Recipient: UBA Foundation
African Bank of the Year 2019
Sponsored Company:  The Banker Magazine, a Financial Times publication.
Recipient: UBA Group, UBA Benin, UBA Tchad, UBA Gabon, UBA Congo, UBA Cote D’Ivoire, UBA Sierra Leone
Best Automated Chatbot initiative, application or programme
Sponsored Company: The West Africa Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards 2019, West Africa (The Asian Banker)
Recipient: Corporate
Best Digital Bank in Nigeria
Sponsored Company: The Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards 2019, West Africa (The Asian Banker)
Recipient: Corporate
Best Digital Transformation initiative, application or Programme
Sponsored Company: The West Africa Financial Technology Innovation Awards, 2019
Recipient: Corporate
Best Digital Bank in Africa Sponsored Company: Euromoney Awards Recipient: Corporate
The Asian Banker Technology Innovation Awards Sponsored Company: Asian Banker awards 2017 (Middle East & Africa edition) Recipient: Corporate​
 
 

The Bank of The Year
Sponsored Company: The Bankers Magazine
Recipient: UBA Gabon, UBA Congo-Brazzaville, UBA Senegal, UBA Cameroon and UBA Chad

 
 

Best Bank in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sponsored Company: Businessday Banking Awards
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

The Best Bank in Support of Agriculture
Sponsored Company: Businessday Banking Awards
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Process Innovation Awards
Sponsored Company: Finacle Client Innovation Awards
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Most Innovative Bank of the Year
Sponsored Company: The Independent Newspapers Awards
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Best CSR/Sustainability, West Africa
Sponsored Company: Finacle Client Innovation Awards
Recipient: UBA Foundation

 
 

Project Management Innovation Awards
Sponsored Company: Finacle Client Innovation Awards
Recipient: Corporate

 
 
 
 
 

Largest Lender To Agriculture
Sponsored Company: Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

MasterCard Cashless Champions Awards; won in 3 categories, namely Cashless Transactions
Champion, Cashless Volume Champion and Cashless Cross-border Champion
Sponsored Company: MasterCard
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

“Spirit of Lagos Citizens’ Day Award” in the ‘Large Businesses (Blue
Chip/Multinationals) Category
Sponsored Company: Lagos State Government
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Corporate Citizens Award (Extensive Compliance Category)
Sponsored Company: Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year award
Sponsored Company: African Investor (AI)
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

The Top Brand Using Social Media Effectively
Sponsored Company: Alder Social Media Report
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

The Top 100 Most Respected Companies in Nigeria 2014
Sponsored Company: BusinessDay
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

The “Best Transaction Bank” in Africa for 2014
Sponsored Company: The Banker
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

The “Best Retail Bank” and “Best Bank in Corporate Social Responsibility”
Sponsored Company: BusinessDay
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

The “Best Emerging Market Bank of the Year 2014″; in Cameroon
Sponsored Company: Global Finance Magazine
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

The “Best Bank of the Year 2014” in Senegal
Sponsored Company: The Banker Magazine
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

The “Best Bank of the Year 2014” in Burkina Faso
Sponsored Company: Global Finance Magazine
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Bank of the Year in Africa Awards
Sponsored Company: The Bankers Magazine
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Prestigious Sectoral Leadership Award
Sponsored Company: Pearl Awards
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Bank of the Year Award 2013 in Liberia
Sponsored Company: The News Newspaper
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Bank of the Year 2012 Senegal
Sponsored Company: The Banker
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Bank of the Year 2012 Cameroon
Sponsored Company: The Banker
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Bank of the Year 2012 Africa
Sponsored Company: The Banker
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Fellowship Award
Sponsored Company: CIBN (Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria)
Recipient: GMD/CEO

 
 

Fellowship Award
Sponsored Company: Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin
Lagos
Recipient: GMD/CEO

 
 

Forbes Africa top 25 Companies
Sponsored Company: Forbes Africa
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Best Bank in Short Term Financing (UBA Ghana Banking Awards)
Sponsored Company: Bank of Ghana
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

UBA voted among Africa’s top 20 brands by Brand leadership Academy (SA)
Sponsored Company: Leadership Academy (SA)
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

UBA Nominated as AI (African Investor) Bank of the Year
Sponsored Company: African Investor
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Ai40 CEO of the Year Award
Sponsored Company: African Investor
Recipient: GMD/CEO

 
 

Beat Aesthetic Website
Sponsored Company: Web Jurist Award
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Best Settlement Bank in Anambra
Sponsored Company: CBN Anambra
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Best In Business Among Nigerian Banks Award
Sponsored Company: National Daily
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Top 500 Banks in the World In Terms of Brand Value
Sponsored Company: The Banker Magazine, (subsidiary of The Financial
Times of London)
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Man of the Year
Sponsored Company: Financial Standard
Recipient: GMD/CEO

 
 

Outstanding Merit Award for Contributions to Socio-Economic Development
Sponsored Company: Man O’War Nigeria
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Equity of the Year Award
Sponsored Company: ThisDay Newspaper
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Top 100 Africans to Shape the Continent in 2009
Sponsored Company: Jeune Afrique
Recipient: GMD/CEO

 
 

Global Excellence Magazine Recognition Award
Sponsored Company: Global Excellence Newspaper
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Best Settlement Bank Award
Sponsored Company: Gombe Branch of Central Bank of Nigeria
Recipient: Gombe Branch of the Bank

 
 

African Banker of the Year
Sponsored Company: African Banker
Recipient: GMD/CEO

 
 

Honourary Doctorate Degree
Sponsored Company: University of Nigeria, Nsuka
Recipient: GMD/CEO

 
 

Equity of the Year Award
Sponsored Company: Thisday
Recipient: Awarded

 
 

Marketing Award for Excellence
Sponsored Company: National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria
Recipient: Awarded to the Group

 
 

Best International Strategy Award
Sponsored Company: EMEAFinance
Recipient: Awarded to the Group

 
 

Leadership Award
Sponsored Company: Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)
Recipient: GMD/CEO

 
 

CEO of the Year
Sponsored Company: Global Excellence Magazine
Recipient: GMD/CEO

 
 

CEO of the Year
Sponsored Company: City People Magazine
Recipient: GMD/CEO

 
 

Emerging Titan Award
Sponsored Company: Vivante
Recipient: GMD/CEO

 
 

African Banker of the Year
Sponsored Company: African Banker Magazine
Recipient: GMD/CEO

 
 

Outstanding Contribution to the Promotion of the Environmental Policy of Lagos State
Sponsored Company: Lagos State Government
Recipient: UBA Foundation

 
 

Nigeria’s Emerging Global Bank
Sponsored Company: Vanguard
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Mortgage Bankers of the Year 2007/2008
Sponsored Company: FESADEB Communications Limited, Publishers of
Housing News and Producers of Housing Programmer on NTA
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

ISO Certification
Sponsored Company: Standard Organization of Nigeria
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Best Turnover Growth in 2006
Sponsored Company: Pearl Awards
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Africa’s Emerging Global Bank
Sponsored Company: African Business Magazine
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

ICAN Award for Exceeding contributions to national economic development and the
accounting profession
Sponsored Company: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria
Recipient: Corporate

 
 
 

ICT Driven Bank of the Year 2007
Sponsored Company: ICT Africa
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

2007 Power Friendly Bank Award
Sponsored Company: PowerCap Limited’s Power Solutions Excellence Award
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Money Gram Excellence Award
Sponsored Company: MoneyGram International
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Superbrands’ Seal of Excellence
Sponsored Company: Superbrands
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Best Corporate Social Responsibility
Sponsored Company: Thisday Awards
Recipient: UBA Foundation

 
 

Best Domestic Bank in Nigeria
Sponsored Company: EuroMoney
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Largest e-Banking Footprint in Nigeria
Sponsored Company: Interswitch
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Africa’s Emerging Global Bank
Sponsored Company: African Bankers Magazine
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Distinguish Merit Award
Sponsored Company: Nigerian-British Chambers of Commerce
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

Bank of the Year 2006
Sponsored Company: 12th Thisday Awards
Recipient: Corporate

 
 
 

African Outstanding Bank in Telecom Finance
Sponsored Company: IT & African Telecom
Recipient: Corporate

 
 

African Business Leader of the Year
Sponsored Company: African Investor Magazine
Recipient: GMD/CEO

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