Lagos, 14 October 2017 – “We have to give more attention and support to emerging African entrepreneurs, if the continent’s poverty, inequality and unemployment challenges are to be addressed,” said the Director of UNDP Africa Regional Programme and the Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), in a joint statement issued today. The two organisations …

Lagos, 14 October 2017 – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the French bilateral development agency, to further promote youth entrepreneurship in Africa. The principal objective is to [implement/develop] a risk-sharing guarantee framework granted by the AFD to commercial banks for loans …

Africapitalism is a development model that prioritises our youth and creates hope for them; one that creates economic empowerment and hope for the future” – Tony O. Elumelu, CON. With these words, the 2017 TEF Entrepreneurship Forum officially came to an end on Saturday, October 14, 2017. If Day One was defined by the hopes …

“We are witnessing the transformative power of the private sector in changing the lives of individuals and the face of communities across Africa” …and with these prophetic words by Dr. Awele Elumelu, Trustee, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Chairperson, Avon HMO, and CEO, Avon Medical, the 2017 TEF Entrepreneurship Forum was declared open today. Day One of …

The Tony Elumelu Foundation, TEF, Africa’s leading philanthropy, on Friday announced a plan to host 1,300 African Entrepreneurs, Business leaders and Policymakers from 54 countries in Lagos. Parminder Obe, the TEF’s Chief Executive Officer, who made this known at a briefing in Lagos, said the 3rd Annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum was slated for October 13. …