On this return flight to Banjul, The Gambia from Johannesburg where he participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, Modou N’jie, CEO of Farmfresh reflects happily on the events of the past days. The excitement of winning the Audience award at the GEC 2017 is somewhat alike to the feeling he had in July 2015 when …
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How Farmfresh is Changing the Landscape of Agriculture in Africa.
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Winning Wednesday With Osazoduwa Agboneni
Our entrepreneur, Osazoduwa Agboneni, CEO of Nenis Engineering Limited just made a mark as one of the few female mechanics in Nigeria! It’s her first year in business and Osazoduwa just made partnership with UBER to handle professional vehicle Inspections for over 4,000 UBER cars. Following the receipt of the first tranche of her seed capital, …
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Our Entrepreneur, Chioma Ukonu Unveils the Electric Green Tikes
As our Founder, Tony O. Elumelu, CON says, “Young entrepreneurs and those they inspire are the lifeblood of Africa’s rise.” This quote is one of our driving forces at the Tony Elumelu Foundation as we strongly desire to see Africa rise. It’s always a huge pleasure to witness our entrepreneurs reaching their milestones first-hand, and …
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Winning Wednesday with Farida
Our Entrepreneur, Farida Musa Halliru CEO of Farida Atelier is this week’s Winning Wednesday entrepreneur. Following the TEEP Boot camp, Farida travelled to the U.K to showcase her latest ready to wear collection at the African Fashion Week London. She has since received lots of invites from shows all over Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. to …
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Meet the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs who managed the catering for the TEF FORUM 2016
This Tony Elumelu entrepreneur has walked through hell and high-water. From being unemployed to being a janitor earning N10,000, to owning of a mobile kitchen and now an employer of 36 staff. Meet the TEF Entrepreneur who catered to over 1,000 people at the TEF Forum 2016 TEF: How did you get your idea or …
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Listen to Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur, Adeyinka Adeyemi on Cool FM
Adeyinka Adeyemi is the CEO of Happy Coffee and was selected as a Tony Elumelu entrepreneur in 2015. Listen to her share why she left Chicago and came to Nigeria to run her coffee business Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
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Meet the TEF Entrepreneur Who Designed Customized Sneakers for Tony Elumelu
2016 TEF Entrepreneur, Babajide Ipaye took some time out to figure out what the Founder Tony O. Elumelu would like and took a bold step to design a customised product for him. We caught up this enthusiastic entrepreneur and found out more about him TEF: How did you get your idea or concept for Keexs? …
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Fadesola Adedayo, the Marathon Man
The Toronto Star called it ‘an obsessive idea’. And the mayor of the city of Toronto at the time – David Miller – endorsed it, tweeting a video of him training. Why was Fadesola Adedayo, a 25-year old Canada-trained civil engineer coming to Nigeria to complete the extraordinary feat of running 17 marathons in 17 …
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Keturah Ovio-Onoweya, CEO of Usanii on Cool FM
TEF Entrepreneur, Keturah Ovio-Onoweya, CEO of Keturah.com and Usanii was on the SMEs Africa with Joyce show where she discussed more on her business an why she left Malaysia and came to Nigeria when she heard about the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme. Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
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Winning Wednesday with Belema Alagun
It’s Winning Wednesday and this week, we have Belema Alagun, CEO of Britts Foods a start-up focused on delivering the best of sandwiches and smoothies to customers. Belema is one of the 1,000 selected TEF entrepreneurs from 54 African countries. She started her business in a small one-bedroom apartment and has been able to transform …
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