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 with TEF
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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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My TEF Story: James Kariuki
Name: James KariukiCountry: KenyaSector: Clean cook stoves and fuel/Renewable sustainable clean energy. It has been great being part of the Tony Elumelu Foundation family, thanks to an awesome team and Chairman. I have received first class entrepreneurship training, my business plan has been professionally evaluated by Accenture, and I have a 1000 cohort mentor support …
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Winning Wednesday with our Entrepreneurs
Congratulations to our entrepreneur, Runice Chikeruba from Nigeria who was just selected to attend the World Cancer Leaders’ Summit (WCLS) in Turkey. He is the only Nigerian youth selected to attend this global summit organized. He has also been invited to receive the SPARC MBC Grant Award in Lisbon, Portugal and would be receiving a …
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