Over 93,000 African Entrepreneurs applied from 55 African countries, more than doubling the number of applications received in 2017. Today, we announce the selected 1,000 Tony Elumelu entrepreneurs for 2017. See the full list here Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
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Meet the Selected 1,000 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs for 2017
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Meet the 4 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs on YNaija’s 100 Most Influential List
In commemoration of International Women’s Day and the need to inspire a generation of women to do greater things in diverse fields of endeavor, YNaija.com, in partnership with Leading Ladies Africa, put together a list of Nigeria’s 100 Most Influential Women featuring 4 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs! Meet: Achenyo Idabacha Nkem Okocha Kene Rapu Joycee Awosika Name- NKEM …
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How Farmfresh is Changing the Landscape of Agriculture in Africa.
On this return flight to Banjul, The Gambia from Johannesburg where he participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, Modou N’jie, CEO of Farmfresh reflects happily on the events of the past days. The excitement of winning the Audience award at the GEC 2017 is somewhat alike to the feeling he had in July 2015 when …
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Meet the CEO of Mamamoni
Losing her father as a young girl, Nkem watched her widowed mother like other women in her community and communities around her struggle to feed and educate their families because of lack of skills and access to finance needed to start a business. Rather than bring her down, this inspired her to start up what …
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Tony Elumelu Foundation opens applications for 3rd cycle of Entrepreneurship Programme
LAGOS, NIGERIA – Africa’s largest business incubator, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), is now accepting applications from African entrepreneurs, with business ideas that can transform Africa. The application portal is open and accepting submissions until Midnight WAT on March 1, 2017. To apply, complete the online application at www.tonyelumelufoundation.org/programme. Successful applicants will join the third …
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GE Partners with The Tony Elumelu Foundation on Lagos Garage.
Lagos: 27th February 2017: Leading multinational, General Electric (GE) and leading entrepreneurship The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) have announced a partnership that would allow up to 25 Tony Elumelu EF Eentrepreneurs to participate in a dedicated 4- week advanced manufacturing training program every year at GE’s Lagos Garage – a hub for advanced manufacturing-based innovation, …
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Joel, C.
The foundation offered me a stepping stone to thrive further. As I speak now, am involved in social entrepreneurship ventures where I’m inspiring, offering mentorship and skills training to more than 1000 youth in my community. This was only made possible through inspiration and training from the Tony Elumelu Foundation not forgetting the boost from …
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Funmi, F.
The experience was great, interesting and thought provoking! It gave me better business direction, have a definite business plan, strategy and focus! Thank you, TEF Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
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Winning Wednesday With Osazoduwa Agboneni
Our entrepreneur, Osazoduwa Agboneni, CEO of Nenis Engineering Limited just made a mark as one of the few female mechanics in Nigeria! It’s her first year in business and Osazoduwa just made partnership with UBER to handle professional vehicle Inspections for over 4,000 UBER cars. Following the receipt of the first tranche of her seed capital, …
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Segun, A.
The process was challenging and logical and I see that as positive improvement for entrepreneurs. Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
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