In a year full of challenges and severe economic and social downturns, 2019 was not without its share of heroes. “In the medical field, a Kenyan doctor, Peter Mwethera, has come up with a gel that once applied, will prevent HIV infection,” said President Uhuru Kenyatta in this year’s Jamhuri Day speech. Last Friday, Dr …
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Author Archives: Joshua Praise
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Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur and Scientist in HIV gel, Peter Mwethera gets top honour
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Postulez pour le programme d’entrepreneuriat de la Fondation Tony Elumelu 2020
Les candidatures pour la 6e promotion du programme d’entrepreneuriat de la Fondation Tony Elumelu sont maintenant ouvertes. La Fondation Tony Elumelu (TEF), la principale organisation philanthropique africaine axée sur l’autonomisation des entrepreneurs africains, recherche les idées commerciales les plus innovantes à travers le continent africain. Vous pouvez postuler si vous avez une idée d’entreprise ou …
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Tony Elumelu Foundation Announces Final 2,100 African Entrepreneurs for the Inaugural TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme
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 …
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Implementation of African Development Bank $5 Million Partnership With the Tony Elumelu Foundation
On the 16th of December 2019, the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced formal board approval of the $5 million partnership agreement with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), initiated by the signing of a statement of intent by both institutions, in March 2019. The announcement demonstrates the mutually shared objectives of the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s $100 …
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Somto Anunobi of Geek Code Planet is the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur Equipping Kids with ICT Skills
In Nigeria, there’s little or no adoption or application of ICT in schools, even though it’s a necessary skill for the present and the future. So, Somto Anunobi decided to do something about this problem. He founded Geek Code Planet to “shape the future with ICT today.” Geek Code Planet exposes kids, between 5 and …
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Africa: The Forest of the Future
Earlier today, my dear colleague, Owen Omogaifo – MD of Transcorp Hotels, delivered the keynote address on behalf of our Founder, Tony O. Elumelu, at the 2019 Israel-Nigeria Agrinnovation Seminar in Abuja. The theme of the initiative was “No Room For Small Dreams”, with a focus on agriculture and technology. Africa has historically been disregarded …
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Founder who Turned Down Microsoft Job to Grow Startup, Now Expanding to Third Country
For most software developers getting a job offer from a company like Microsoft is a once-in-a-life-time opportunity that one would literally be crazy to turn down. But this is exactly what 26-year-old Nigerian Chris Kwekowe (pictured above), the CEO and co-founder of Slatecube, did. In 2015, after completing a year of study at the Massachusetts Institute …
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Tony Elumelu’s Keynote Address at the Agrinnovation Seminar in Abuja, Nigeria
Delivered by Owen Omogiago, Former COO of Tony Elumelu Foundation and current MD of Transcorp Hotels Transcorp Hilton, Abuja December 9, 2019 Good morning; Your Excellency, The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo Your Excellency, The Ambassador of the State of Israel to Nigeria, Ambassador Shimon Ben-Shoshan Distinguished guests here with us today; I …
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Improve the Business Environment to Drive Industrialisation and Wealth Creation in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries, Elumelu Tells ACP Presidents in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya, December 9, 2019: Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman, Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa Group, urged African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Heads of State to improve the business environment in their countries to drive industrialisation and wealth creation in ACP member states. He said this while …
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Tony O. Elumelu’s Keynote address at the ACP Business Summit 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya (December 08, 2019)
▪ Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen ▪ Our Host, His Excellency, Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya ▪ Presidents of the member states of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States present here today ▪ Patrick Gomes, Secretary-General of the ACP ▪ Distinguished captains of industry and guests present here today ▪ I would like …
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