Meet visually impaired beneficiary of the TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme from Chad. Our programme manager caught up with him during the training session last week to ask him a few questions. He shares his story, her challenges and motivation below. Tell us about yourself My name is Dieudonne Noubadoum Rimadoum Mayengar. I am a craftsman specialising in weaving. I …
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Meet Noubadoum Mayengar, Visually Impaired Beneficiary of TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme
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Nigerian Starbucks’ copycat launches Happy Coffee
Princess Adeyinka Tekenah: telling Nigerians there’s more to life than instant coffee/Grace Ekpu, for the FT Princess Adeyinka Tekenah has a mission in life — becoming Nigeria’s Howard Schultz. “I love the Starbucks model, and I am determined to build a coffee narrative particular to Nigeria,” she says. Aiming at strengthening the coffee-drinking culture in …
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Meet Andrew, Founder/CEO of Agroangeal
My Humble Beginning My name is Andrew Paul from Benue state, Nigeria. My mother was a hairstylist and an entrepreneur, she traded in foodstuff. My father was first a soldier who became a farmer after retirement. I grew up in a family with 7 siblings. For the first few years of my life, I worked …
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Meet Esse Okey, Founder of Powerstove Energy
About Me My name is Okey Esse. I am a 2018 TEF Alumni. I grew up in a home where one parent was a civil servant and the other a successful entrepreneur, so I had the opportunity to learn from the different worlds, each teaching me very vital lessons that prepared me for life. For …
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“The Entrepreneurship Journey Entails Hard work, Discipline and Sacrifice”, Elumelu Says to Cape Verdean Entrepreneurs
October 17, 2019, Lagos, Nigeria: Speaking at the Youth Konnekt Forum in Cape Verde yesterday, African investor and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA), charged entrepreneurs to embrace hard work, discipline and sacrifice on their entrepreneurial journey to success. He addressed young …
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I am Jiraji Kelvin Tersoo, a Farmer and Software Developer
I am Jiraji I am Jiraji Kelvin Tersoo, a farmer, software developer who has a university degree in Electrical/ Electronic Engineering. I am the eldest son of five children, so I was forced to grow up really fast when my parents divorced in order to support my mother. The responsibility and resulting hardship gave birth …
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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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Meet Nigerian Entrepreneur Who Helps Start-Ups Make Better Decisions
Here is my story My name is Rilwan Akeyewale, I am a 29year old Techpreneur! I spent my early life in south-west Nigeria, where I was raised by very enterprising parents who despite having no formal education ensured that I got an education. As a youngster, I watched my father’s business thrive and grow, till …
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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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