Tête à tête - Chairman of United Bank for Africa: 'We need to fix our problems ourselves'

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · May 19, 2026 · 232 words · By Marc Perelman

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Claim 1: “Speaking at the forum convened by French President Emmanuel Macron”

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Web search results confirm that Tony Elumelu spoke at events/summits involving French President Emmanuel Macron, specifically mentioning a speech to entrepreneurs where Macron was present.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of international presidential trips made by Emmanuel Macron, the 25th and current President of France. As of May 2026, Emmanuel Macron has made 336 presidential trips to 99 states inter…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of presidential trips made by Emmanuel Macron as the 25th President of France. This list excludes trips made within Paris, the French capital in which the Élysée Palace, the official re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_mad…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Emmanuel Macron, the 25th president of France, positions himself as a liberal and a centrist. When he launched his party En Marche in April 2016, he said that it was "neither right nor left". By March…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Emmanue…

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Claim 2: “Tony Elumelu, chairman of Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa”

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Multiple authoritative sources, including Wikipedia and LinkedIn, explicitly state that Tony Elumelu is the Chairman of Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa (UBA).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Awele Vivien Elumelu OFR (born 23 June 1970) is a Nigerian physician and business executive who chairs Avon Healthcare Limited and Avon Medical Practice, and holds non-executive positions at Heirs Hol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awele_Vivien_Elumelu

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Heirs Holdings is a family-owned investment holding company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria with investment interests in various sectors in Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heirs_Holdings

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthony Onyemaechi Elumelu (born 22 March 1963) is a Nigerian economist, banker and philanthropist. He chairs Heirs Holdings, Transcorp, and United Bank for Africa, and is the founder of The Tony El…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Elumelu

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Claim 3: “Emmanuel Macron... spending '3 to 4 days' on Africa as a G7 leader”

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The provided evidence contains general biographical information about Emmanuel Macron and a mention of a future G7 summit in 2026, but does not contain any specific quote or fact regarding him spending '3 to 4 days' on Africa as a G7 leader.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Emmanuel Macron is currently serving as President of France. He took office upon winning the 2017 French presidential election. Macron was the founding member of Renaissance. He defeated National Rall…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Emmanuel_Macron

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron (née Trogneux, later Auzière; born 13 April 1953) is a French former teacher. She is the wife of Emmanuel Macron, who has served as President of France since 14 May 2017. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Macron

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He served as Minister of Economics and Fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron

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Claim 4: “In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the Africa-France summit in Nairobi”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results (pornography sites and general Wikipedia entries on Delta State and UBA). There is no evidence in the provided set confirming an interview with France 24 in Nairobi.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Delta is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Named after the Niger Delta—a large part of which is in the state—the state was formed from the former Bendel State, on 27 August 1991…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is a multinational pan-African financial services group headquartered in Lagos Island, Lagos and known as Africa's Global Bank. It has subsidiaries in 20 African count…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Bank_for_Africa

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vera Songwe is an economist and banking executive from Cameroon who worked for the World Bank from 1998 to 2015, and in 2015–2017 served as Western and Central Africa's regional director for the Inter…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Songwe

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Claim 5: “Elumelu, who founded the Tony Elumelu Foundation in 2010”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm that Tony Elumelu founded the Tony Elumelu Foundation in 2010.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is an African non-profit organization founded in 2010 by Tony O. Elumelu and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. It is a pioneer member of the Global Impact Investment R…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tony_Elumelu_Foundation

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