Running a business is a daunting task. There’s a lot to be done and almost at the same time. So, this week, we met with 3 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs who tell it all on how they built their businesses. Listen to Adeola Bojuwoye, CEO of Round Stone Consulting, Luther Lawoyin, CEO of Lucy.ng and Godwin …
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Author Archives: Joshua Praise
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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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Tony Elumelu on KTN News: for Africa to Accelerate its Growth it must Invest in its Youth
Founder, Tony O. Elumelu was recently featured on Kenya Television Network’s (KTN) Trading Bell during the 2018 UBA Africa Tour. While speaking with KTN News, he made a clarion call for Africa to invest in its youth to accelerate its growth. Elumelu further urged financial institutions to embrace the digital era as it heralds a new frontier …
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Elumelu Opens Digital Economy for Africa Forum with World Bank President and LinkedIn CEO
First published here Chairman, Heirs Holdings and Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu will join 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. The event, which will hold on …
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