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 …

Winning Wednesday With Ogbonnaya Chijioke On this week’s episode of Wining Wednesday, we would like you to meet our Entrepreneur, Ogbonnaya Chijioke, CEO of Quick Errands Concierge Solutions LTD in Nigeria an errand based service company that provides solution to Personal planning and time management challenges to busy individuals, Homes and businesses within Abuja, Nigeria. He …

Vicky Udomi, who is also a female Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur and the CEO of Soakeez has made effective & strategic use of the TE Forum to foster her business growth. We caught up with Vicky who shared more insight on the progress of her business since the TEF Forum TEF: Tell us about your journey …

Another female Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur, Chioma Ukonu, CEO of Recycle Points was selected to participate in the Cherie Blair Foundation Road2growth Business Programme. She sheds more light on her journey in this interview TEF: How has the Lagos TEF Forum helped your business? Chioma Ukonu: It’s been a wonderful experience; it has given me the opportunity …

Our entrepreneur, Princess Mariam Adams started her career as a child presenter on Kiddies Show Time which led her to the stable the Ovation Show, a popular media entity in her country, Nigeria. With experience, she ventured into Media Production. She is now a media Consultant and founder of Hamazon ACADEMIA, a digital media and …

Our entrepreneur, Bertrand Urama, is the managing Director Wilbuilt Integrated Company based at Dei-Dei International Building materials market in Abuja, Nigeria. The core focus of the company is to supply building materials to architects. However, this has been upgraded as he now manufactures his own building materials called Wilbuilt Super Fix. In addition to Wilbuilt …

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 …