The Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs keep blazing the trail in their different sectors. This time, we have 6 of our entrepreneurs set to pitch their business ideas to the Nigerian President, President Muhamadu Buhari. The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme is structured that our entrepreneurs are bound to achieve this level of success and even more. …
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Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs to Pitch Their Business Ideas to President Muhamadu Buhari
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7th Annual Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network Summit (DWEN)
Dell, in partnership with Intel®, hosted the 7th Annual Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network Summit (DWEN) of leading women entrepreneurs in Cape Town, South Africa June 27-28, 2016. The intimate Summit comprised of 200 hand-picked attendees from 12 countries to explore how women can grow and scale their businesses in tangible ways. Over the two days, the …
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Winning Wednesday with Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur, Nosa Oyegun of Eat.Drink.Lagos
If you love food, live in Lagos and haven’t heard of the Eat Drink Festival, then you’ve been missing out on a whole lot! It is THE food festival for African foodies in a busy, bustling city. The Second Annual Eat Drink Festival took place in Ikoyi last week with 6,000 Lagosians in attendance. …
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Winning Wednesday with Momar Taal
We caught up with our Gambian Entrepreneur, Momar Taal, CEO of Tropingo Foods. Our entrepreneur is focused on the agricultural sector in his country where he grows Mangoes and Groundnuts. He is also into the production of dried Mango snacks. Read more about our entrepreneur. TEF: How did you get your idea for your business? Momar …
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Meet our Entrepreneur: Janson Mugabe
Kampala-based Janson Mugabe is CEO of Mushana Electronic Savings & Credit Cooperatives Society (SACCO) System that has an application geared towards enhancing saving culture through a technological approach in society. He spoke to the Foundation about the journey. Q: How did you get your idea or concept for your business? A: This being a digital era, youths failed …
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Meet Our Entrepreneur, Fadesola Adedayo
Fadesola Adedayo Class of 2016 TEF: How did you get your business idea? What was your mission from the outset? Fadesola Adedayo: The idea for the business originated after a heavy workout, when, I was walking about in the Adeniran Ogunsanya Mall, in Surulere, aka Shoprite Surulere and I was looking for a nutritious and tasty …
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Winning Wednesday with Precious Adeho
From a street vendor to a CEO, this week’s episode of Winning Wednesday features the remarkable story of our entrepreneur, Precious Adeho, CEO of Emobella Engineering. TEF: How did you get your idea or concept for Emobella Engineering? Precious Adeho: The idea for Emobella Engineering Nigeria Limited came through when I saw a quote by Brian Tracy, “Problems …
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Joel Cherop, the President’s Man
Early in 2015, an optimistic Joel Cherop sat in a small cyber cafe in the Kapchorwa upper district of Uganda waiting for the page to load so he could submit his application to be part of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme. But even as he finally clicked the last button on the form, the swooshing …
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Winning Wednesday with Nkechi Alade
We met up with our entrepreneur, Nkechi Alade, CEO of Elvaridah to discuss all her business has been up to since the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s Forum in 2015. Here’s how it went. TEF: How did you get the concept for Elvaridah? What was your mission from the outset? Nkechi Alade: Elvaridah is a Business Building Platform for Startups, Entrepreneurs …
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