* Nearly 5,000 African entrepreneurs from across all 54 African countries will receive TEF seed capital funding of $5000 LAGOS, NIGERIA, Nov 5, 2021 – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs, will announce the beneficiaries of the 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme at the official Selection Announcement event holding in …
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Author Archives: Joshua Praise
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TEF to Announce 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme Beneficiaries on November 12
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BanaPads Is Making Menstruation Management Affordable And Convenient For Women
It is no secret that menstruation, is still considered a social taboo in many parts of the world. There is common theme of silence when conversations about the subject come up. As though it is not as natural as breathing. This is challenge inspired Richard Bbaale, a 2016 TEF Alumna from Uganda to create BanaPads. …
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Mama Moni Is Closing The Credit Gap For Low-Income Women
Nkem Okocha, 2015 TEF Alumnae and Founder of Mama Moni, grew up with a widowed mother who had to raise four children singlehandedly, with no vocational skill or source of income. Living through a childhood where feeding and access to education were major challenges for her family, she was inspired to empower the poor women …
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Tony Elumelu Celebrated As Top 25 Influential Individuals In Africa’s Energy Sector
The Africa Energy Chamber (AEC) has recognised Tony Elumelu CON, Chairman Heirs Holdings, as one of twenty-five influential individuals expected to shape Africa’s energy sector in 2022 and beyond. The list is a part of AEC’s highly anticipated annual outlook tagged ‘The State of African Energy 2022’, a report which outlines Africa’s energy sector and …
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Chekkit Advances In Its Mission To Protect Africa Against Food And Drug Counterfeits
Africa is currently battling a drug and food counterfeit menace. The World Health Organisation (WHO) released a report that reveals that between 64,000 and 158,000 people die from counterfeit anti-malarial drugs in sub-Saharan Africa per year. Dare Odumade, 2019 TEF Alumna co-founded Chekkit to address this worrisome challenge that plagues the continent. Chekkit is a …
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Michel Is Driving Africa’s Narrative Through Video Games
Growing up in an African home, Michel Nkuindja, 2015 TEF Alumna, was lulled to sleep with stories about powerful and impactful women and men on the continent. This was the inspiration behind his company, Noohkema Game Studios, a creative studio that specializes in the production of real-time 3D content. Michel realised very quickly as he …
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Constant Ayihounoun Is Popularising Ecological Agriculture In Benin
2019 TEF Alumni, Constant Ayihounoun, is on a mission to raise awareness of sustainable production techniques in his home country Benin republic, through training, production, and distribution of organic agricultural inputs by his company, Agreco. Agreco is a company that produces organic fertilizers and pesticides and sells them to agricultural cooperatives and green spaces. Unlike …
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Mohamed Is Developing Affordable 3D Printed Solar-Powered Bionic Hands For Amputees In Africa
Navigating life without limbs can be very difficult for obvious reasons. This was the harsh reality for Mohamed Dhaouafi’s friend’s cousin who had been born without upper limbs and couldn’t afford prosthetics. This reality was the inspiration behind Mohamed’s research on limb loss around the world, which then birthed his company, CURE. He is a …
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The Possibilities Are Endless When Trade Policies, Regulations, And Institutions On The Continent Are Aligned
On Thursday, October 21, 2021, TEF CEO, Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, joined private sector players at the Youth Connekt Africa Summit in Ghana – co-hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – to discuss the opportunities that a single continental market pose. Similar to the high-level meeting in March 2021, when TEF hosted the Secretary General …
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Wecyclers Promotes Sustainability With 7 New Franchisees
Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, a 2012 TEF Alumni, co-founded Wecyclers in the same year, with one mission in mind – to build a sustainable and viable business model that helps the poor communities of Lagos reclaim their neighbourhoods from the scourge of pollution and waste. To further advance in this mission, Bilikiss and her team have recently …
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