Alumni stories

  • International Women’s Day Edition with Mariam Adams

    Our entrepreneur, Princess Mariam Adams started her career as a child presenter on Kiddies Show Time which led her to the stable the Ovation Show, a popular media entity in her country, Nigeria. With experience, she ventured into Media Production. She is now a media Consultant and founder of Hamazon ACADEMIA, a digital media and …

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  • Our Entrepreneur, Bertrand Now Manufacturing Building Materials

    Our entrepreneur, Bertrand Urama, is the managing Director Wilbuilt Integrated Company based at Dei-Dei International Building materials market in Abuja, Nigeria. The core focus of the company is to supply building materials to architects. However, this has been upgraded as he now manufactures his own building materials called Wilbuilt Super Fix. In addition to Wilbuilt …

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  • Our Entrepreneur, Fred Shava Shares Life-Changing Experience with TEF

    Originally posted on Start The African Heritage Clothing company in Accra started with 4 workers in 2014 and now employs 12 people. Her customer base of hotels that she supplies to has grown from 15 to 40. Her turnover in 2015 grew by 340% from the 2014 revenues. The company has now moved to bigger …

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  • Our Entrepreneur, Fred Shava Shares Life-Changing Experience

    Originally posted on Start The African Heritage Clothing company in Accra started with 4 workers in 2014 and now employs 12 people. Her customer base of hotels that she supplies to has grown from 15 to 40. Her turnover in 2015 grew by 340% from the 2014 revenues. The company has now moved to bigger …

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  • Winning Wednesday with Gabino Guerengomba

    Our entrepreneur, Gabino Guerengomba’s revolutionary solar module was first released after the TEF Forum on September 18th 2015 at the Pennsylvania smart Infrastructure collaboration center. The success there was so tremendous that his business was convened to the country of Benin for a Energy and Infrastructure trade mission. He has as a result signed a USD 80 Million MOU to …

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  • Winning Wednesday with Runcie Chidebe

    Our entrepreneur, Runcie Chidebe, Founder of Project Pink Blue, was among the eight young people below the age of 40 selected to attend the Young Leader at World Cancer Leaders’ Summit in Istanbul. He was recently awarded with this prestigious global award based on my social enterprise and community work in cancer control in Nigeria. …

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  • Winning Wednesday with Zion Oshiobugie

    On today’s episode of #WinningWednesday, we present you our entrepreneur, Zion Oshiobugie, CEO of Clever Mind Learning Center in Delta State, Nigeria. Clever Minds Learning Center’s goal is to provide quality education for poor communities in Delta State and beyond. They are set to open their first school in Edjeba community, in Warri, Delta state. …

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  • Winning Wednesday with Adekunle Gafar

    We present to you this week’s winning Wednesday entrepreneur, Adekunle Gafar, CEO of ToonWalk Studios. See recap of the TEF bootcamp from his eyes here Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!

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  • Adelard Kakunze Offers Mobile Technology To Diagnose Diabetes Via “Mdiab Burundi”

    Originally published on Akeza Adelard Kakunze, a young Burundian entrepreneur was selected for the 2015 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program and is the Founder of a mobile technologies start-up  for health. His project aims to assist in the detection of risk factors for diabetes using the mobile. Adelard’s mobile application will be operational after tests in two health …

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  • Winning Wednesday with Joyce Awojoodu

    Our entrepreneur Joyce Awojoodu, CEO of Oriki Global & Synergy Limited uses natural resources around the world to create her line of beauty products. See why she is featured on our winning Wednesday series here Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!

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