Lagos, Nigeria – Union Bank has announced its partnership with TEDxLagos to host the upcoming TEDxLagos event tagged ‘Spring’. This collaboration is in line with the Bank’s efforts to leverage partnerships and initiatives that focus on boosting Nigeria’s development and growth.
The ticketed event will take place at the MUSON Centre in Lagos on Saturday, August 3, 2019, and is expected to attract some of Nigeria’s best minds – thought leaders, social innovators and members of the TEDxLagos and international TED communities.
TEDx is a global platform created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth sharing”. Event speakers will include entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs, professionals, innovators and reformers, who will share thought provoking ideas to encourage decisive action for the benefit of the society.
Speaking on the Bank’s partnership with TEDxLagos, the Head of Corporate Communications and Marketing at Union Bank, Ogochukwu Ekezie-Ekaidem said,
“Union Bank is pleased to partner with TEDxLagos for the second consecutive year. As a Bank committed to enabling success in our host communities, we identify with the objective of the TEDx platform which is to unravel and amplify brilliant ideas that cause positive change and move our society forward. Last year the talks stimulated powerful conversations and we look forward to even deeper, more impactful conversations this year.”
As part of the program line up for the day, Union Bank will host an interactive panel session titled “The Springboard – Enabling Conversations for the Common Good”, to highlight the importance of innovation, creativity, community development, and sustainable practices in shaping a better future for Nigeria.
The Bank recently released the third edition of its Citizenship, Sustainability and Innovation (CSI) report, a compilation that showcases the impact it has made within its host communities and its commitment to customers and other stakeholders. The report also outlines the Bank’s sustainability efforts and its adoption of innovative practices as is continues to position itself as a simpler, smarter bank.
Union Bank’s partnership with TEDxLagos reiterates its continued commitment to innovation and impactful social causes that foster Nigeria’s growth.
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About Union Bank Plc.
Established in 1917 and listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in 1971, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. is a household name and one of Nigeria’s long-standing and most respected financial institutions. The Bank is a trusted and recognizable brand, with an extensive network of over 300 branches across Nigeria.
In late 2012, a new Board of Directors and Executive Management team were appointed to Union Bank and in 2014 the Bank began executing a transformation programme to re-establish it as a highly respected provider of quality financial services.
The Bank currently offers a variety of banking services to both individual and corporate clients including current, savings and deposit account services, funds transfer, foreign currency domiciliation, loans, overdrafts, equipment leasing and trade finance. The Bank also offers its customers convenient electronic banking channels and products including Online Banking, Mobile Banking, Debit Cards, ATMs and POS Systems.
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