• Amani Katana is Making Waste a Resource Through Garb Tech

    Few weeks ago, Amani Katana was part of the 1,000 Young African Leaders in Washington DC who listened to Founder, Tony O. Elumelu, CON share his journey through life and business. Amani says he could relate with the journey “He’s story resembles the stories of many successful entrepreneurs. Likewise, When I started my waste management …

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  • TEF Made Me Dream Africa – Frank Mugarura, TEF Hub Lead Rwanda.

    March 22nd 2016, Selection announcement was a memorable days for Frank Mugarura on his journey as a Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur but that cannot be compared to the excitement of been bestowed the mantle of leadership as Rwanda Hub Lead of Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur. Frank’s passion for entrepreneurship started early from his University days he says …

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  • Victor Nkindi is Using the Power of the Media to Drive Civic Education in Rwanda

    In 2008, following the deadline set by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU),  Rwanda initiated a national digital migration, this move by his home country helped stir up the desire for 2015 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur, Victor Nkindi to start his digital media platform – Hooza. Victor Nkindi is a media professional and Senior Consultant at Hooza, …

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  • Winning Wednesday with our Entrepreneur- Elia Timotheo

    Our entrepreneur, Elia Timotheo from Tanzania is the CEO of East Africa Fruit Farm and Company which trades and markets fresh fruit and vegetables, significantly reducing post-harvest losses. We are proud to share our entrepreneur’s success story with you as he bagged the African Entrepreneurship Award for the best business idea in the Environment category. His company was …

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  • TEF Business Programme - Byenda Nkwanda with Tony Elumelu

    Success Story with Byenda Nkwanda

    #TEFbusinessprogrammeOur entrepreneur this week could not imagine herself doing anything outside her passion for Fashion. So, she thought about the best ways to generate an income from her passion. She heard about the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship programme and in her words, “it brought her business to life.” This week on Winning Wednesday, we have …

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  • Muhire, Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur

    Winning Wednesday with Muhire Louis-Antoine from Rwanda

    On this week’s episode of Winning Wednesday, we have our entrepreneur, Muhire Louis-Antoine from Rwanda. Muhire is the CEO of Mergims, a company that enables Rwandans in diaspora to prepay relatives’ basic needs in Rwanda, via mobile apps and a website. Our entrepreneur received his seed capital and in a year, he is now in …

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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 Amon Nyesigye

    Amon Nyesigye has a lot to be grateful for. In 2015, the Ugandan tech entrepreneur was selected to be one of 1,000 lucky Africans to participate in the inaugural season of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme. Thanks to that, the thriving business has made quite a lot of progress in a few months. First, the firm moved …

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  • Success Stories with our Entrepreneur, Ken Obuya

    Our Kenyan entrepreneur, Ken Obuya is the CEO of Dupe Gallery Limited. He sure has had his hands busy since his selection as a Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur in 2015 and even busier since the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Forum. He has made use of the networking platform and is now working hand in hand with Valentine …

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  • Winning Wednesday with Henry Makumbi

    The power of networking can’t be over emphasized. Our entrepreneur, Henry Makumbi, from Uganda has been in touch with other Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs. He shares more information on his successful partnership with another Tony Elumelu entrepreneur after the TEF Forum. TEF: Tell us how your business, Tsikenu Rabboni Ltd.  has been since the TEF Forum? …

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