Lagos, 14 October 2017 – “We have to give more attention and support to emerging African entrepreneurs, if the continent’s poverty, inequality and unemployment challenges are to be addressed,” said the Director of UNDP Africa Regional Programme and the Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), in a joint statement issued today. The two organisations …

Lagos, 14 October 2017 – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the French bilateral development agency, to further promote youth entrepreneurship in Africa. The principal objective is to [implement/develop] a risk-sharing guarantee framework granted by the AFD to commercial banks for loans …

Africapitalism is a development model that prioritises our youth and creates hope for them; one that creates economic empowerment and hope for the future” – Tony O. Elumelu, CON. With these words, the 2017 TEF Entrepreneurship Forum officially came to an end on Saturday, October 14, 2017. If Day One was defined by the hopes …

"Nous sommes témoins du pouvoir de transformation du secteur privé pour changer la vie des individus et le visage des communautés à travers l'Afrique" ...et avec ces mots prophétiques du Dr. Awele Elumelu, Trustee, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Chairperson, Avon HMO, et CEO, Avon Medical, le 2017 TEF Entrepreneurship Forum a été déclaré ouvert aujourd'hui. Le premier jour de ...

La Fondation Tony Elumelu, TEF, la plus grande philanthropie d'Afrique, a annoncé vendredi son intention d'accueillir à Lagos 1 300 entrepreneurs, chefs d'entreprise et décideurs politiques africains venus de 54 pays. Parminder Obe, directeur général de la TEF, qui l'a fait savoir lors d'une réunion d'information à Lagos, a déclaré que le troisième forum annuel de la TEF sur l'entrepreneuriat était prévu pour le 13 octobre. ...

  It has been brought to our attention that Robert (Bob) Wheeler, an ex-contract staff of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) was the victim of an attack in Lagos by his former staff. The unfortunate incident is part of an ongoing police investigation.   The Tony Elumelu Foundation has been mentioned in some of the stories that have …

THE GLOBAL TECH GIANT AND PAN-AFRICAN FOUNDATION PARTNER TO UPSKILL TEF ENTREPRENEURS ACROSS AFRICA LAGOS, Nigeria – 18 September 2017 – Microsoft, through its 4Afrika Initiative, has collaborated with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) to provide entrepreneurs in the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme with technology-based tools, resources and mentorship. Through this support – which will benefit …