In furtherance of its commitment to innovative products and services offerings in the nation’s banking sector, United Bank for Africa(UBA) has introduced ‘UBA Learn’ targeted at helping students achieve all round academic success.
The product is an online Learning Platform for students powered by Roducate, aims at helping students within the age range of 5-16years and 17-24 attain academic excellence, while ensuring that the parents and teachers keep track and monitor their ward’s educational developments and performance.
UBA Learn is accessible online, through a downloadable mobile app and USSD (*919*33#) and is open to both existing customers and non-customers. Intending customers can have account numbers automatically generated once they enrol on the platform. The platform features academic curricula (e.g. WAEC), NECO, Continuous assessments and tests, financial education, learning/fun games, etc.
Commenting during the launching of the product, the bank’s Group Managing Director, Kennedy Uzoka, enthused: “United Bank for Africa is a technology-driven company with enormous capability in business. Because education is key to us and is a fundamental human right, we felt a need to extend our capability to education, by revolutionising access to education through technology. “
“That’s the main reason we are here today- to bring knowledge to the doorstep of everyone across Africa and other parts of the world, through this Unique innovation, called UBA learn”.
“The app is a distinctive and well-tailored product loaded with all the needed learning tools and required subjects put together in a robust manner that is guaranteed to grow with the student early on to when he or she becomes a young adult.
In his remarks at the forum, Group Executive, Digital & Consumer Banking, Anant Rao, explained that the new product was carefully conceptualised to suit a niche focus of the bank’s customers who are mostly students; because more than anything, UBA is a bank that is particularly passionate about the growth and development of youths, especially as it concerns their academic growth.
Rao explained further that UBA Learn remained unique in the banking industry because it is a product that suits a special need, adding that the app which empowers student through their mobile device and available in Google play store and app store is a concept where the bank is taking on a mentorship role intended to equip and guide students into a bright future, life of prosperity.
“That is why there is a conscious effort aimed at helping them grow, because we understand, that the future is only secure when they are empowered.
“The UBA Learn platform is designed to appeal to the young and aspiring youth who is looking to actualise his or her dream likewise get to the exalted height only education can guarantee. UBA is more than aware that there is an urgent need to effectively guide them to actualising success and more, that is why we introduced UBA Learn”, he added.
Also speaking, Dr. Brai Malik, appreciated the bank for picking International School UNILAG, out of many to officially launch the one of a kind, product.
The educationist noted that UBA Learn was a great initiative deserving of commendation, adding that “UBA as a financial institution and innovator of the wonderful product deserve applause for demystifying learning with this application”.
Malik also stated that, ISL remained a school with good taste that recognises quality and in line with its foresight for the future the school will encourage teachers to join the train and also take advantage of the innovation in their classroom activities.”
According to the bank’s management, UBA Learn account holders will also have access to 24 hour online banking services on UBA’s highly acclaimed internet banking platform, particularly Leo the Virtual banker, which is now a hit with students besides other privileges like specially branded debit card, interest bearing savings accounts, career advisory, scholarships, work place experience schemes with the UBA Group, entrepreneurial skills development workshops and social media engagements.
