UBA Foundation to Host Business Pitching Competition in November to Select Final 2,100 Beneficiaries Signing the TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme in Niger—Tony Elumelu, Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation and Ahunna Eziakonwa, UNDP Regional Director for Africa Kicking off the partnership between the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to empower 100,000 …
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Tony Elumelu Foundation Shortlists 5,240 African Entrepreneurs from over 81,000 Applicants for the First Stage of the TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme
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Tony O. Elumelu to Speak alongside Cape Verdean Prime Minister at the National Youth Forum in Cape Verde
Tony. O. Elumelu CON, The Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Africa’s foremost philanthropy supporting entrepreneurship on the continent will on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, join the Cape Verdean Prime Minister and other African leaders as the nation hosts its National Youth Forum in the city of Mindelo where he will speak in a plenary style conversation themed “African Youth: …
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TEF FOUNDER, TONY ELUMELU, RECEIVES FIRST-EVER GLOBAL “SEVEN STARS MAN OF THE YEAR” HOSPITALITY AWARD FOR EMPOWERING AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS
LAGOS, NIGERIA – 08 October 2019: Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman of Transcorp Plc, received special recognition as the Seven Stars first-ever Man of the Year award for his notable commitment to entrepreneurship in Africa and globally, through his Foundation at the just concluded 7th Annual …
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Tony Elumelu Foundation in Europe: CEO Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu Joins Bill Gates, EU and African Decision Makers to Speak on Europe-Africa Partnership at BMGF Summit and the Nordic-African Business Summit
Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, CEO of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), will speak on Europe-Africa partnership at two high-level events in Europe this week. She will moderate a panel of high-level EU decision-makers, AU Commission representatives and senior experts at a joint forum organised by the Finnish Presidency and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in …
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The Economist Offers its Take on Tony Elumelu’s Vision To “Institutionalise Luck” as a Sustainable Way of Transforming the African Economy
The Economist has in its article titled Uberising luck: Africa is full of schemes to help entrepreneurs lauded the support that organisations like the Tony Elumelu Foundation provide as fundamental to the success of enterprises in Africa. Echoing Mr. Tony Elumelu’s widely acclaimed position on the role that luck plays in personal and business success, the article …
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Tony Elumelu Foundation Receives Award of Excellence from the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation received the YouWIN! Connect Award of Excellence at the first edition of the YouWIN! Connect Enterprise Education Book and Awards, organized by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning (FMFBNP) in Abuja on Thursday, 26 September 2019. This recognition was given in celebration …
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Elumelu Challenges Japan – “Partner With us in Empowering African Entrepreneurs”
Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator Praises Tony Elumelu’s Private-Sector Led Approach to African Development President of South Africa, H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa: “If you want really good returns, as Tony Elumelu said, come to Africa” Elumelu Champions Job Creation in Africa at Breakfast Meeting with President of Rwanda and UNICEF Executive Director Tokyo, Japan, August 29, …
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Tony Elumelu prononcera un discours luminaire à la TICAD au Japon
Tony O. Elumelu, Promoter of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and President of United Bank for Africa (UBA), will speak at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), to be held in Yokohama, in Japan, August 28-30, 2019. As the first champion of entrepreneurship in Africa, Mr. Elumelu will ensure that the voice of …
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Tony Elumelu to Deliver Keynote Address at TICAD Africa Development Conference in Japan
Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), will speak at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), taking place in Yokohama, Japan from August 28 – 30, 2019. As the leading champion of entrepreneurship in Africa, Mr. Elumelu will ensure that …
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Promoting African Unity: The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum
By Adenitan Akinola “Despite the potency of sport/football in promoting unity, it is never a match for the TEF forum convergence” This year’s convergence of African entrepreneurs at the 2019 Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Forum was unarguably the largest gathering of young African entrepreneurs. More impressive was the fact that it was facilitated …
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