United Bank for Africa (UBA) Tanzania supports the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) selected emerging entrepreneurs from Tanzania.

 The entrepreneurs on the left Graham Crouch and on the right Mercy Kitomari sharing some of the knowledge they received from theTony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme Boot Camp with the MD of United Bank for Africa Tanzania.

 The Managing Director of United bank for Africa Tanzania Mr. Demola Ogunfeyimi having a chit chat with the entrepreneurs who attended the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme after they had come back from attending the Boot camp in Ota Nigeria.

In the group photo with the entrepreneurs, center is the MD of UBA Tanzania, Mr. Demola Ogunfeyimi third right is the HCM of UBA Tanzania Mr. Mathia  Ninga and left is the Head Marketing & Corporate Communications of UBA Tanzania M/s. Josephine Lukoma.

Congratulating the entrepreneurs during a welcome back meet and greet on Tuesday morning at the United Bank for Africa Head office in Pugu road, Mr. Ogunfeyimi, the Managing Director, expressed his delight to the entrepreneurs “I am glad that you are back and in high spirit. I congratulate you for the journey you have gone through and the training you had in Ota, Nigeria. I hope you have learnt a lot from this boot camp hoping you will be able to mentor a number of other emerging entrepreneurs.”

He continued to mention a few of the services and products United Bank for Africa provides amongst which is the Visa Prepaid (VPP) card, which he encouraged the entrepreneurs to use as the card can be used anywhere in the world and you don’t have to have an account with UBA, “although we want all of you to be customers of our bank”. With the UBA visa prepaid card, you load cash, Tanzania Shillings, and withdraw from any Visa or MasterCard ATM anywhere in the world. It can also be used to shop online, supermarkets at all point of sale machines and on the move. Gone were the days of the travelers’ cheques; all thanks to UBA VPP.

One of the excited entrepreneurs from TEEP Reuben Mbwiga urged all Tanzanians to grab this opportunity and get the chance to have their ideas come to light. “We are many out there who have great ideas, but lack the capital and knowledge of how to go about making our ideas become reality. Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program is here to help us realize that. Fellow Tanzanians, please grab this opportunity next year from 1^st Jan to 31^st March and represent us in 2016. Tony Elumelu believes that Africans can transform the continent through entrepreneurship and urges other leaders to share this vision with him”, concluded the entrepreneur.

In a bid to help the entrepreneurs sustain their businesses, United Bank for Africa has promised to continue supporting them in all their endeavors and the bank’s doors are open to all individuals and entrepreneurs who wish to realize their dreams of becoming great and successful entrepreneurs.