Kennedy Uzoka, UBA GMD, wins ‘Finovator of the Year’ award

Kennedy Uzoka, group managing director/chief executive officer, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has emerged as the winner of the ‘Finovator of the Year’ award for 2021.

The ‘Finovator of the Year’ award is organised by the Finnovex West Africa Awards 2021, co-located with Finnovex West Africa Virtual Summit.

According to the organiser, Uzoka was selected in recognition and appreciation of his effort and exceptional service provided in financial services.

The United Bank for Africa was also named as the winner, ‘Excellence in Digital Banking’ award at the same event.

Uzoka, who was excited over both awards, disclosed that over the last few months, UBA has set out on a mission to upgrade its banking channels and has invested in the latest technology to boost its digital offerings to customers, adding that this venture has been paying off for the bank.

“Recognitions such as these show that we at UBA, are indeed doing something right, and I want to assure all our customers and stakeholders that we will continue to leverage our diversified business model and dedicated workforce to further strengthen our position as ‘Africa’s Global Bank,” Uzoka said.

“We promise to do all we can to ensure that our customers remain central to our decisions in every aspect and dimension of our remarkable organisation, and this is more than a clarion call to service excellence.”

While presenting the awards at the virtual event, Ancy Antony, conference manager, Finnovex West Africa Awards 2021, said, “It is our utmost delight to honour the pioneers and visionaries who have transformed the financial services industry and present you with this award.”

Ancy said that the Finnovex Awards cherishes and celebrates outstanding achievements in the banking and finance industry, adding that the award is aimed at honouring organisations and individuals that have consistently demonstrated exemplary performance.

Finnovex is the leading series of summits on financial services innovation and excellence that examines the future of financial services on how disruptive innovations are reshaping the way they are structured, provisioned and consumed.