United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has been announced as the official sponsor of the fourth edition of the ECOWAS Mining and Petroleum Forum (ECOMOF 2024) scheduled to take place at the Palais des Congrès in Cotonou, Benin, from February 22 to 24, 2024.
The regional event is expected to see a large gathering of key players and stakeholders in the mining and petroleum sectors of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
With presence in 20 African countries and active involvement in major continental development projects, UBA is the preferred partner for the event, underlining the bank’s commitment to the growth of the mining and petroleum industry, the bank said.
UBA Group Chairman, Tony Elumelu, would give the keynote address during the opening ceremony of the event.
Elumelu who doubles as Chairman of Transcorp Group, with extensive interests in energy and power, will be speaking on ‘Geo-extractive Resources and Technologies: What pooling strategies for value creation in West Africa’.
The speech is expected to highlight UBA’s increasing effort to support and develop the African continent through strategic investments in the key sectors of mining and petroleum.
