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
International Investor Magazine Awards
Bank of the Year Nigeria 2024
SME Bank of the Year Nigeria 2024
Global Finance
Best Bank in Frontier Markets
Best SME Bank in Africa (Regional)
Best SME Bank in AFRICA 2025
The African Banker
Regional Bank West Africa
Global Finance
UBA Mozambique, Best SME Bank in Mozambique 2025
Global Banking & Finance Awards
Recipient: UBA Senegal
Best Digital Bank Senegal 2024
Best Investor Relations Bank Senegal 2024
The Banker – Bank of the Year Awards 2024
Bank of the Year in five African countries across West, Central and Southern Africa Regions
Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Zambia.
CSR Network Zambia Awards
UBA Zambia, CSR Excellence in Education
Golden Arrow Award for Excellence in Business Banking – by PMR Africa
UBA Mozambique
SUPERBRAND 2024 – by Superbrand Mozambique
UBA Mozambique
Cosmopolitan The Daily Business Awards 2024
Best Digital Bank – Ghana 2024
Global Brand Awards 2024
Best SME Bank
Best Digital Banking Brand
Best Green Banking Initiative
Ghana West Africa Business Excellence Awards
Brand of the year
World Business Outlook
Best Banking Services Provider Ghana 2024
Leading Financial Services Institutions Ghana 2024
Global Business Magazine Awards
UBA Ghana – Most Sustainable Bank
Innovation & Excellence Awards 2024
UBA Kenya – Best Bank of the Year
Banking on Women Awards
UBA Kenya –
Mentorship and Networking
Africa Fintech Forum
UAB Kenya – Best Bank In Financial Inclusion
Middle East and Africa Finance Awards 2024
Mali – Best Retail bank in chad
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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