March 22nd 2016, Selection announcement was a memorable days for Frank Mugarura on his journey as a Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur but that cannot be compared to the excitement of been bestowed the mantle of leadership as Rwanda Hub Lead of Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur. Frank’s passion for entrepreneurship started early from his University days he says …
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TEF Made Me Dream Africa – Frank Mugarura, TEF Hub Lead Rwanda.
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Victor Nkindi is Using the Power of the Media to Drive Civic Education in Rwanda
In 2008, following the deadline set by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Rwanda initiated a national digital migration, this move by his home country helped stir up the desire for 2015 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur, Victor Nkindi to start his digital media platform – Hooza. Victor Nkindi is a media professional and Senior Consultant at Hooza, …
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Meet the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs Selected for Mandela Washington Fellowship (YALI) 2017
The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is a signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. Former President Obama launched YALI in 2010 to support young African leaders as they spur growth and prosperity, strengthen democratic governance, and enhance peace and security across Sub-Saharan Africa.In line with our vision to create 10,000 …
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Meet the Selected 1,000 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs for 2017
Over 93,000 African Entrepreneurs applied from 55 African countries, more than doubling the number of applications received in 2017. Today, we announce the selected 1,000 Tony Elumelu entrepreneurs for 2017. See the full list here Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
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Winning Wednesday with our Entrepreneur- Elia Timotheo
Our entrepreneur, Elia Timotheo from Tanzania is the CEO of East Africa Fruit Farm and Company which trades and markets fresh fruit and vegetables, significantly reducing post-harvest losses. We are proud to share our entrepreneur’s success story with you as he bagged the African Entrepreneurship Award for the best business idea in the Environment category. His company was …
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Success Story with Byenda Nkwanda
#TEFbusinessprogrammeOur entrepreneur this week could not imagine herself doing anything outside her passion for Fashion. So, she thought about the best ways to generate an income from her passion. She heard about the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship programme and in her words, “it brought her business to life.” This week on Winning Wednesday, we have …
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Winning Wednesday with Muhire Louis-Antoine from Rwanda
On this week’s episode of Winning Wednesday, we have our entrepreneur, Muhire Louis-Antoine from Rwanda. Muhire is the CEO of Mergims, a company that enables Rwandans in diaspora to prepay relatives’ basic needs in Rwanda, via mobile apps and a website. Our entrepreneur received his seed capital and in a year, he is now in …
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Joel Cherop, the President’s Man
Early in 2015, an optimistic Joel Cherop sat in a small cyber cafe in the Kapchorwa upper district of Uganda waiting for the page to load so he could submit his application to be part of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme. But even as he finally clicked the last button on the form, the swooshing …
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Winning Wednesday with Amon Nyesigye
Amon Nyesigye has a lot to be grateful for. In 2015, the Ugandan tech entrepreneur was selected to be one of 1,000 lucky Africans to participate in the inaugural season of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme. Thanks to that, the thriving business has made quite a lot of progress in a few months. First, the firm moved …
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