Tue, 6 October, 2026

Chairman of United Bank for Africa: ‘We need to fix our problems ourselves’



In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the Africa-France summit in Nairobi, Tony Elumelu, chairman of Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa, said “we [in Africa] need to fix our problems ourselves” as Western aid cuts bite, calling on the continent’s private sector to step up and invest in electricity and infrastructure.

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