Nigeria, May 3 -- United Bank for Africa (UBA) has inducted 398 young men and women from six African countries into its UBA Tribe through the Graduate Management Acceleration Programme (GMAP).

The induction ceremony, which was held on Thursday in Lagos, followed a six-month hands-on work and learning experience to develop their inherent potential after graduation.

The GMAP, according to UBA, is designed to select, develop, and build a pipeline of next-generation leaders and bankers who will be trained to "drive the bank's vision to be the undisputed leading and dominant financial services institution in Africa."

The inductees, according to a statement by the financial institution, are drawn from Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroun, Kenya, Tanzani...