Category: TONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION

U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: U.S Secretary of State, Sec Blinken; Tony Elumelu, convene U.S. and African entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers

Ayo Olowo

About 300 entrepreneurs, investors, and celebrities took part in the opening reception for the US-Africa Leaders Summit, the investment-focused “Innovators Gathering”, honoring the influx of two-way investment and trade opportunities set to be announced at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. The Innovators Gathering: Investing in U.S.-Africa Cultural and Economic Ties was hosted on December 12 by […]

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Apply NOW for $5000 grant, mentorship, training and more on the 2022 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme!

Ayo Olowo

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs across all 54 African countries, has opened applications for the 2022 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme on www.TEFConnect.com. African entrepreneurs with business ideas or existing businesses under 5 years, are encouraged to apply now for $5000 seed capital, mentorship, business management training and more on the 2022 […]

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TONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION TRAINS OVER 200,000 AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS

Ayo Olowo

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, has successfully trained over 200,000 entrepreneurs in core business management skills as part of its 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The Business Management training was conducted exclusively on TEFConnect,  the Foundation’s proprietary digital platform that provides capacity-building support, advisory and market linkages to over […]

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Applications to the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme closes March 31

Eben Tanimola

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs, will close applications for the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme on its TEFConnect digital platform (www.tefconnect.com) on March 31. This year’s intervention prioritises the economic recovery of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) and young African entrepreneurs, following the Covid-19 disruption to economic […]

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TONY ELUMELU NAMED IN “TIME 100” LIST OF THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 2020

Ayo Olowo

TIME has named Tony O. Elumelu, one of Africa’s leading investors and philanthropists, in the 2020 TIME100, the annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognises the activism, innovation, and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals. Mr Elumelu, who is one of only four Africans on […]

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Elumelu Advocates Collaborations to Boost Africa’s Fortunes; tips Continent as Key Investment Destination

Eben Tanimola

The Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Tony O. Elumelu  has said that the Corona virus pandemic has presented a perfect opportunity for foreign investors to invest in Africa, owing to the huge opportunities that are inherent in the African economy. “This is the time to invest. Africa is a land of opportunities; […]

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UBA announce provision of N5 billion (U$14 million) to COVID-19 Relief Support Across Africa

Ayo Olowo

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) on Thursday announced a donation of over 5 billion Naira (USD14 million), through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response to the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. The donation will provide significant and much needed support to Nigeria and 19 other African countries, by supplying […]

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Africa Needs Massive Capital Investment in Power, Human Resources to Drive Economic Growth – Elumelu

Ayo Olowo

The Chairman, United Bank for Africa(UBA), and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony Elumelu has advocated massive private capital investment as well as increased support to youth development as catalysts for driving the much needed economic growth on the continent. Elumelu said this while speaking on a panel at the  UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020, in London. […]

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Tony Elumelu Donates Multipurpose Technology Centre to AAU

Ayo Olowo

Chairman of UBA Group, Tony O. Elumelu, has  made the donation of a multipurpose information technology centre to his alma mater, Ambrose Ali University, AAU. Through the UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Elumelu has championed the construction of a state-of-the-art multipurpose information technology building, which […]

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APPLY NOW: TEF opens application portal for the 2020 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme

Eben Tanimola

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has opened its application portal (www.tefconnect.com) for applications from African entrepreneurs across all African countries, for the 2020 cohort of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme. In 2019, 3,050 African entrepreneurs benefited from the Programme, a number which will meaningfully increase in 2020.  The TEF Entrepreneurship Programme is open to startup […]

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