Meet Olasupo I am a 25year old Nigerian entrepreneur, founder/CEO of OPAB Gas with over 6 years of transnational experience leading and working with diverse teams to facilitate youth empowerment, development projects and youth involvement in policy. I am UNESCO ESD Young Leader, a WEF Global Shaper and a Fellow, Young Africa Leadership Initiative. Since receiving the $5000 Seed …
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Alumni stories
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Olasupo Abideen ” My greatest achievement is being a 25yr old employer who employs 35 people and has trained 475 Others”
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Ige Komolafe Atiba – “I would like to provide safe drinking water to the remotest African villages”
First of All, Introduction I am Ige Komolafe Atiba, an inventor and Social Entrepreneur, Co-Founder and the C.E.O of Laughkord Consult and Resources Ltd; a Nigerian grown company incorporated in 2014 with a mission to create a science-backed water derivative for a broad range of domestic and industrial uses. I grew up in a rural …
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Mohamed Dhaouafi – Tunisian Entrepreneur
My life before Entrepreneurship I come from an average Tunisian family of 5; my parents, my two siblings and I. Both parents were civil servants and education was given huge priority over other things, so I attended the regional pioneer high school within my locality; Lycee Pilote de Sousse”. The foundation of good education …
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Serah Kassim, the Fashionpreneur
Meet Serah Kassim, the Nigerian Fashionpreneur At the very beginning: My love for fashion was born out of necessity, the need to “slay” on Social Night! As a teenager in boarding school, the Saturday Social Night gatherings were one of the few highlights of my week, I could take time off my studies to have …
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This Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur is Creating a Niche in the Fashion Industry
Little Lady Seamstress My mum had a fashion house back in the 90s and as a young girl, I was fascinated by the fabrics – the different colors and textures and the embellishments – the feathers and sparkly stones that she worked with so I invited myself into her workshop as a mini-apprentice, piecing together …
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Ayobami Adedokun is Solving Energy Poverty Through Solar Inverters
Meet Ayobami Adedokun, the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur Solving Energy Poverty Through Solar Inverters How it Started Globally, there is a call for renewable and sustainable energy sources to reduce the irreparable harm done to our environment by the use of fossil fuel and the need to create an alternate source for when fossil fuel runs …
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Uganics is Creating a Malaria-Free World!
My Story of Luck! Luck is real, it is powerful, and I am committed to spreading it as far as I can. I am a beneficiary of luck, and I am passionate about sharing it across the continent, to all 54 countries. Tony O. Elumelu, CON If anyone knows the role that luck plays in …
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Chaka Ng’ambi is Preventing Food Insecurity in Zambia
CHAKA NG’AMBI TEF Alumni 2015 Zambia This is My Story My sister and I were raised by my grandparents in a small family in the Serenje district of Zambia. My mother had passed away when I was barely 5 years old and my sister and I did not get along with my stepmother. …
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Carine Bokovo: Living Healthy Through Assiba Fée
Living in Benin Republic, Carine Bokovo was always worried about the nutritional diet of her the people in her immediate community. On approaching adulthood, after seeing firsthand what a deficiency in vitamins can do to the human body, she decided to take it upon herself to tackle this problem both for her family and her …
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Mahassin Quadri: The Brilliant Mind Behind CashMadam
At the recently concluded Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) forum, a pitching competition was held which gave entrepreneurs around the African continent to pitch their businesses to an expert panel of judges. The founder and CEO of CashMadam, Mahassin Quadri, emerged the winner of this competition. She met with the Tony Elumelu Foundation team to speak …
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