Nigeria, Nov. 12 -- The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has pledged to strengthen financing partnerships to help Chad realise its $30 billion Tchad Connexion 2030 plan, which seeks to expand power, water and infrastructure across the country.

UBA's Group Managing Director, Oliver Alawuba, made the commitment on Monday in his keynote address at the UAE-Chad Trade and Investment Forum held in Abu Dhabi. The forum's theme was "Financing African Competitiveness - Building Bridges, Powering Progress."

"We are here to discuss a subject that is both an imperative and an opportunity: financing African competitiveness," Mr Alawuba said. "For too long, the narrative around Africa has been one of potential. But I stand before you today to declare tha...