Alumni stories

  • My9Lives is Changing the Art of Recruitment in Africa

    For any company, large or small, one of the most difficult aspects of operations is the recruitment of the right employees. Identifying qualities that fit with your company’s culture will ultimately help you make the best hiring decisions to move your company forward, recognising this challenge, Ishara set up My9Lives to bridge the gap between …

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  • Joycee Awojoodu, Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur

    Inspired by Nature, Fuelled by Passion

    Leaving her job with a Fortune 100 power company was not an easy decision to make but a necessary one to pursue her passion of exploring the Agro-beauty sector. Joycee Awosika is the MD/CEO of ORÍKÌ (a luxury skincare brand that fuses natural ingredients & scientific research to create extraordinary personal care products) and a 2015 …

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  • One Marketplace for Africa through Exportunity, the dream of Vital Sounouvou

    Imagine an exclusive virtual market that organizes and manages B2C and B2B trade in Africa; A platform that allows producers to sell their production upstream, a platform where the biggest buyers in the world can place their orders with an African-stop shop. This platform exists today; it is Exportunity.net and 2015 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur, Vital …

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  • Embarking on a Healthier Journey? This Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur Has Answers

    “I realised I kind of lost myself in the process of marriage, having children and responsibilities” says Bunmi Fajuyigbe, founder of MyFigure8, the multichannel digital platform that is disrupting the wellness industry in Africa. More concerned with creating a platform that allowed women to take control of their health issues in a holistic manner, rather …

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  • Looking Good Never Got so Easy

    The saying goes that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but in the mind of 2015 TEF Entrepreneur Tshepo Ngaleka beauty is also extremely good business. Her business Picadoo is an online one-stop-shop that promises customers they need never have a bad hair day again. Simply log on to picadoo.co.za give details of …

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  • From Passion to Impact: Here’s how Nnelie is building Med Tecma Group

    As a child Nneile Nkholise spent weekends with her mother, trying to make wooden chairs, or build things using waste materials and she went on further to junior school in a school that included entrepreneurship in its curriculum. Nnelie’s says her love for entrepreneurship and business grew during her junior school years as she could …

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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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  • 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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  • The Boy from Bangui & His Romance with the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme

    While growing up in Bangui, the capital of war-torn Central African Republic, Gabino Guerengomba and his family would strive to fully utilize the electricity when it came on for just four hours every day across the entire town. The rationing was because Enerca, short for Energie Centrafricaine, the national energy utility company had to be …

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