United Capital hosts Pan African e-Conference

 

In furtherance to its organizational objectives to expand its pan african footprint, United Capital Plc will on Friday, June 26, 2020 organize its first Pan African e-conference aptly titled “Fostering Innovative Cross-Border Financing Solutions in Africa“

The session which will hold via zoom and streamed on the company’s YouTube channel is billed to discuss the financing solutions across Sub-Saharan Africa needed to close the massive funding gaps in key sectors across the continent. With economies battling to overcome the effects of a global pandemic like COVID-19, the economic vulnerabilities of the continent have been further exposed as we continue to witness capital flight to safer havens. This has led to the need for innovative and home-grown financing solutions that can propel the continent to the next stage of growth.

The e-conference, which will feature thought leaders, and leading minds in Africa’s financial and investment landscape such as 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) will be hosted by the Group CEO, United Capital Plc, Peter Ashade.

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 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. “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”.

The e-conference will be available via Zoom and YouTube.

To register, please flow this link – https://bit.ly/313e0QO

About United Capital:
United Capital is a leading African investment banking, asset management, trusteeship, and securities player, providing a bouquet of diverse financial services to individuals, companies, and governments, enabling growth at all levels.

Since it was founded over 55 years ago, United Capital has cultivated and sustained a heritage of excellence in the finance space in Africa. Our track record of transaction execution, industry leadership and client focus are still unmatched. We have achieved this by providing top-of-the-line financial services across the continent, consistently demonstrating a commitment to execution, excellent service delivery and client satisfaction.

Through the years, we have innovated with each season, and found smart ways to provide even more value to our clients by showing a spectacular ability to adapt to change.

Looking ahead, we are focused on leveraging technology to better empower our clients with bespoke financial partnerships, while maintaining a commitment to economic growth and prosperity on the continent by supporting financial inclusion.

JOSEPH ONYEMA

Head, Group Enterprise Performance Management
Joseph Onyema
Joseph is the Head, Group Enterprise Performance Management at United Capital Plc.
Over the last 16 years, Joseph has worked with and led teams whose responsibilities cut across a major spectrum of technology transformational and retail growth projects and consultancy. Joining the group in 2017, Joseph started out leading the technology team for 5+ years in the position of the Group, Chief Information Officer, a role in which his focus on execution to reposition the business was exemplary, hence leading to increased digital presence, retail growth and improved revenues, with keen focus on our growth during the COVID-19 pandemic where the business was run totally virtual and saw outstanding growth in customers, revenue and profitability.​
Leveraging on his education, performance, experience and spirit of execution, Joseph transitioned to the Group Head, Enterprise Performance Management, where he brings his analytical and technological prowess coupled with his background in managing teams and businesses to bare in monitoring and tracking business units and employees performances, while helping them to improve in their performance and ensuring the group continues to win in all its endeavours.
Before joining United Capital, Joseph headed the Group Technology Operations at Cordros Capital Limited where he transitioned the business from a High Net-worth Individual (HNI) focused business to retail-focused business with total leverage on technology to drive B2C sales across verticals while exploring new markets and partnerships. Prior to Cordros Capital, he had led the Enterprise & Cloud Services team at Soft Solutions Limited, an IT Consultancy firm with a footprint across 15 Nigerian banks on enterprise security, cloud projects, and consultancy where he developed, deployed, and led support teams to manage several financial and FMCG application suites.
A Tony Elumelu entrepreneur from 2016 before joining the group, and a member of the prestigious Beta Gamma Sigma international business honor society, continues to reinvent himself and deliver exceptionally to the United Capital family.