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2018 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme at a Glance
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Spreading the African Dream
First published here One of Africa’s finest business minds, Tony Elumelu, is travelling round the continent, helping to bring alive the idea that Africa is ready for economic prosperity. Charles Ajunwa writes The Chairman of United Bank for Africa, a pan African financial institution with presence in over 20 countries in Africa, Tony Elumelu, has consistently advocated …
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Chasing Elumelu: On the Road With Big-Hearted Billionaire
In contrast to what everyone will do, on his twitter page, Africa’s front row businessman and philanthropist, Tony Elumelu, has his portrait looking over boundless water. The billionaire’s masterfully calibrated image in a slick suit on a lofty perch was photographed somewhere in Lagos business district. It mirrors one thing: his boundless beneficence. For decades, …
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Inside Chigozie Bashua’s World of Nut Processing
With a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, one would expect Chigozie to focus on a career in line with her degree but in her words, “I believe I was called to do more than just my degree, I was out to fight the rising cost of food prices and bring innovation and the …
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Energy from Waste: Greenpact’s Leroy Mwasaru is Driving Social Impact in Kenya
As a high school student of Maseno School, Young Leroy Mwasaru started Greenpact when his school faced a problem of a faulty sewer system. The sewer problem polluted nearby sources of domestic water for the neighboring community, sparking a demonstration against the school. In a bid to provide solution to this problem, Leroy and his …
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Digital Economy For Africa
Tony O. Elumelu CFR, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation joined Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group and Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn CEO at the opening debate of the ‘Digital Economy for Africa’ Forum in Washington, D.C organised by the World Bank Group. Tony Elumelu revealed that Africa’s youth population, 60% of which are under the …
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PRIORITIZE AFRICA’S YOUTH AND LEAPFROG TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT PATHS – TONY ELUMELU TO AFRICAN LEADERS AT WORLD BANK MEETINGS
19 APRIL 2018, WASHINGTON, DC – During the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, DC, African philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony O. Elumelu insisted that prioritizing Africa’s youth by fixing the policy and regulatory issues impeding their innovations would also help attract foreign investors. The Tony Elumelu Foundation Founder …
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