Before trainings and seed capital from TEF; we had smallest production capacity (9kg per day). We had few markets ( two stable markets). We were not known; we were only known in one sector (Busogo sector of Musanze district, north of Rwandan). Equipment value was about 50 USD and was inefficient. The building capacity and …
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Author Archives: Joshua Praise
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Emmanuel, N.
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[Speech] Entrepreneurship: An Antidote to Nigerian Youth Unemployment – Tony O. Elumelu, CON.
Public Lecture Entrepreneurship: an antidote to Nigerian youth unemployment delivered by Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto The First National Dialogue Series (NDS) 29th July 2017 Sokoto PROTOCOL Your Excellency, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, Governor of Sokoto state; The Vice Chancellor, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Professor Abdullahi Zuru; …
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Allan and Elimisha are changing the narrative of education in Kenya
Allan Ong’ang’a is a beneficiary of the Kenyan education system. Growing up, he says classes were always packed and sometimes students had to squeeze in up to three people per desk. The system was exam-based and teachers were more concerned about covering the syllabus rather than making sure students had good grasp of the concepts. …
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Kehinde, O.
As a result of the training and seed capital I got from the foundation, I have been able to set up the business, making use of the money to acquire and set up the needed structures and equipment. Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
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Womenpreneurs: The Right to do Better than ‘Just o.k’!
Originally published here African Women raise figures and eyebrows thanks to the increasing role they play via entrepreneurship. Managing their companies and resources, providing jobs, improving their communities, leaving autonomy values legacy for generations to follow. “We African women do carry baskets of commodities on our heads. But we also build businesses and organisations that …
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Here’s How Amr Medhat is Making The World One Connected Place (2016)
Several multinational companies struggle to expand their foot prints in developing countries due to the shortage of finding the right vendors who can help them in handling their localization process for their products or services. Realising this challenge, in 2016 Apple-Localization’s Services was launched in the heart of Cairo’s financial district by Tony Elumelu Foundation 2016 …
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How We Can Create 10 million jobs in Africa by 2020 – Tony Elumelu
Originally published here In the midst of many problems faced by Africa is unemployment in the first ever YouthConnekt Africa Summit hosted by H.E. President Paul Kagame president of Rwanda and organized in collaboration with United Nations Developement Program and United Nations Conference on Trade and Developement Tony Elumelu, CON. Chief Executive Officer of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman of the United …
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Ahmed, A.
The Foundation has helped us understand the basic business concepts to run a business and present it to public. The seed capital we received was utilized to build our first prototype that proved the viability and feasibility of our transformative idea. Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
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TEF Entrepreneurship Forum 2017 Travel Fellowship Application
The TEF Travel Fellowships provides financial support to journalists and photojournalists affiliated with African national or global media houses to attend the 2017 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum holding October 13-15, 2017. The TEF Entrepreneurship Forum 2017 will be the largest gathering of African entrepreneurs and other ecosystem stakeholders from across the continent. It will …
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First Female Head of UN Economic Commission for Africa: Vera Songwe
Originally posted here Announced in April by UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, Dr. Vera Songwe has become the first woman ever to head the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). Headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, UNECA is one of the UN’s five regional commissions, and was established in 1958 to encourage economic cooperation among …
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