United Capital Plc will on Friday, 26 June 2020, organize its first Pan African e-conference aptly titled “Fostering Innovative Cross-Border Financing Solutions in Africa“.
The e-conference will feature industry leaders in Africa’s financial and investment space and will be hosted by the Group CEO, United Capital Plc, Peter Ashade.
According to an official statement from the company, the session will hold via-zoom and be streamed live on the Company’s YouTube channel.
Among other things, participants will discuss how to close the massive funding gaps in key sectors across the continent, with the use of financing solutions across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Some of the leaders to be featured include Wale Shonibare, Director, Africa Development Bank (AfDB); Gbenga Makinde, CEO, UBA Benin Republic; Yofi Grant, CEO, Ghana Investment Promotional Center and Fola Fagbule; Senior Vice President, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC).
Speaking about the company, Ashade noted that it is in line with the company’s goal to be the financial and investment role model across Africa, deploying innovation, technology, and specialist skills to exceed client expectations, whilst creating superior value for all stakeholders.
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According to the company’s Group CEO, Peter Ashade, “As an industry leader, we are charged to be at the forefront of creating platforms where great minds converge to deliberate on how to change Africa’s economic narrative. At United Capital, this is in line with our
“We are definitely excited about the solutions that would arise from this session and we look forward to inculcating and imbibing them in our organization to the benefit of the continent at large.”
Members of the public can register for the e-conference and be a part. The conference is expected to propose innovative and home-grown financing solutions that will propel the continent to the next stage of economic growth.
United Capital Plc is a leading African investment banking, asset management, trusteeship, and securities firm.