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FULL LIST! Tony Elumelu Foundation Announces Final 2,100 Entrepreneurs for the Inaugural TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme

December 31, 2019December 31, 2019Eben Tanimola

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)—the private-sector-led philanthropy focused on empowering African entrepreneurs—has announced a final list of 2,100 entrepreneurs to benefit from the inaugural TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme. The Programme targets small business owners in rural communities across the 7 Sahel countries of Africa – Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali and Cameroon. The successful […]

MUST WATCH! Nigerian Philanthropist Tony Elumelu’s promising investment

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019Ayo Olowo

The Nigerian mogul, Tony Elumelu gives us a behind the scenes look at one of Africa’s largest events for aspiring entrepreneurs. Click on the link below to watch the video on CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2019/11/08/nigeria-tony-elumelu-africa-entrepreneur-avc.cnn

Elumelu to Cape Verdean Entrepreneurs: “The Entrepreneurship Journey Entails Hard work, Discipline and Sacrifice”

October 19, 2019October 19, 2019Ayo Olowo

Speaking at the Youth Konnekt Forum in Cape Verde yesterday, African investor and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA), charged entrepreneurs to embrace hard work, discipline and sacrifice on their entrepreneurial journey to success. He addressed over young Cape Verdean entrepreneurs in a […]

We Partnered with TEF to Create Economic Opportunities in Conflict Prone Regions – ICRC President Says

September 14, 2019September 14, 2019Eben Tanimola

At the just concluded Forum organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), key speakers Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) proffered entrepreneurship as the most sustainable solution to accelerating Africa’s transformation. During a one-on-one conversation […]