Hellen Dausen wanted to be a professional model and she was serious about it. After graduating with a BSc. in International Business Administration and Entrepreneurship from the United States International University-Africa in Nairobi, she participated in the 2010 Miss Universe Tanzania beauty pageant and won. As the winner, she received a scholarship to study performing …
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Alumni stories
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Nuya’s Essence: Tanzanian Beauty Queen Finds Her Business Groove With Natural Skincare Products
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Nathaniel Okwoli’s Booklify is Encouraging a Better Reading Culture
It has often been said that many Nigerians don’t read. While some have attributed the country’s low reading culture to a lack of interest, others, like Nathaniel Okwoli, believe it has more to do with a lack of access. In Nigeria, there are only 316 libraries for a population of almost 200 million, making access …
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Ifedayo Durosinmi-Etti Pays Her Knowledge Forward with the Launch of her new Book
It was a pleasure to support Ifedayo Durosinmi-Etti, in Lagos last Thursday, July 26th at the launch of her book “Accessing Grants for Startups”, which serves as a roadmap to funding opportunities for African entrepreneurs. Having benefited tremendously from her participation in various business development opportunities, Ifedayo has attempted to pay some of her knowledge …
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TEF Alumni Wins Silver Medal & £10,000 Cash Prize From the UK Royal Academy
The UK Royal Academy Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, is an internationally coveted award that seeks to identify talented sub-Saharan African engineers from across disciplines who are applying their skillset to developing novel solutions to critical challenges within their communities. This year, Ifediora Ugochukwu, an Alumni of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, received a silver medal …
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From Ghana to the World: Abraham’s Farmart is the Solution to Farmers’ Post Harvest Loss
As an undergraduate student of Agricultural Science at KNUST, Abraham Omani Quaye became passionate about farming and wanted to start my own farm after school. During a search for land to start his farm, he met couple of farmers who had difficult farming experiences and they shared complaints about low yield and waste of produce …
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From a Childhood Experience to a Thriving Business, Meet Shamim Nabuuma
At the age of 6, Shamim Nabuuma experienced tooth pain and this was repeatedly treated with pain relieving tablets, however this was not enough to keep away the tooth pain which soon degenerated to a swollen jaw. Even with all that pain, her parents couldn’t afford to take her to the dentist. They however mobilized …
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Disrupting the African Fashion Industry with Serah Kassim Ready to Wear Brand
Textile and clothing is the second largest sector in the developing world after agriculture, this sector is dominated by SMEs and holds the potential to create jobs for millions of women and youth across Africa. Discussions on African inspired clothing takes the centre stage at forums on fashion and exhibitions around the world. From the …
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Dainel Oulai’s Multiple Solutions to Tackling the Challenges of Food Security
Across the world Food security brings a huge debate with organisations, individuals and governments taking a centre stage in the tackling the interrelated elements of: availability, access, utilisation and stability. Grainothèque founded by a young agroecology activist and, Daniel Oulai (2017, Agriculture), is one of such organizations that is driving the agenda of food security. As a young boy …
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Shabbirali Mussa: Solving the Waste Challenge of Tanzania
From Arusha to Dar es Salaam, over every 5 mins walk you will find a plastic bag (polythene) on the road or in a drainage leading to pollution. In Tanzania, a devastating amount of over a million polythene plastic bags are used each year. Only a small percentage of these plastic bags are used again …
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Inside Chigozie Bashua’s World of Nut Processing
With a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, one would expect Chigozie to focus on a career in line with her degree but in her words, “I believe I was called to do more than just my degree, I was out to fight the rising cost of food prices and bring innovation and the …
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