We caught up with our Gambian Entrepreneur, Momar Taal, CEO of Tropingo Foods. Our entrepreneur is focused on the agricultural sector in his country where he grows Mangoes and Groundnuts. He is also into the production of dried Mango snacks. Read more about our entrepreneur. TEF: How did you get your idea for your business? Momar …

Fadesola Adedayo Class of 2016 TEF: How did you get your business idea? What was your mission from the outset? Fadesola Adedayo: The idea for the business originated after a heavy workout, when, I was walking about  in the Adeniran Ogunsanya Mall, in Surulere, aka Shoprite Surulere and I was looking for a nutritious and tasty …

From a street vendor to a CEO, this week’s episode of Winning Wednesday features the remarkable story of our entrepreneur, Precious Adeho, CEO of Emobella Engineering. TEF: How did you get your idea or concept for Emobella Engineering? Precious Adeho: The idea for Emobella Engineering Nigeria Limited came through when I saw a quote by Brian Tracy,  “Problems …

We met up with our entrepreneur, Nkechi Alade, CEO of Elvaridah to discuss all her business has been up to since the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s Forum in 2015. Here’s how it went. TEF: How did you get the concept for Elvaridah? What was your mission from the outset? Nkechi Alade: Elvaridah is a Business Building Platform for Startups, Entrepreneurs …

First published on ispaceGh The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme 2016 list is out! And making on to the list is Emma Tandoh, the founder of Outspoken Edge. Outspoken edge provides a tailor-made suite of services that equip today’s entrepreneur and business owner to improve brand presence, attract and keep new customers and rake in …

Emeka Ebo, a 2015 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur from Nigeria is leading a revolution in the IT sector. His company, EkoVolt recently signed a deal with Microsoft to deliver cloud solutions primarily to small & medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. In this week’s #WinningWednesday, he answers questions on how he intends to deliver ready and affordable broadband …

On this week’s Winning Wednesday Edition, we caught up with our entrepreneur, Keturah Ovio- Onoweya, a software engineer and CEO of Qeturah.com. She’s just won the first place in the British Council Enterprise Challenge which entails a N2million financial grant, a fully-funded scholarships to attend a five-day entrepreneurship foundation course at the Branson Centre for …

Our entrepreneur, Fred Shava has been focused on building his staff since he received his seed capital. He has invested part of the seed capital into training of critical staff which has improved all aspects of our business. In addition to this approach, he has also implemented some of the learnings from TEF to impart knowledge to …

Our entrepreneur, Monalisa Cosmas is the CEO of Chops Paradise (kanmewo Nig Ltd) in Nigeria. She was selected as a Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur in 2015 in Agricultural sector.  She has a bread/pastry making bakery that produces 120 loaves of bread per day. In her words, “my business was begging for survival due to financial constrain, but …