Sam Nwanze becomes first African board member Lagos, Nigeria, 25 November 2013 – In a unanimous decision, the board of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), a global non-profit organisation dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing around the world, has appointed investor Sam Nwanze as its first African member. Nwanze, who is the …

Nigerian warehouse receipts system shows technical superiority in the region ABUJA, NIGERIA, 18 November 2013 – Today, the Nigerian Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR) and Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) conducted a technical walkthrough of a pioneering electronic warehouse receipt platform deployed by Africa Exchange Holdings (AFEX), which enables Nigerian farmers, cooperatives and …

In 2010, leading African businessman Tony Elumelu set up the foundation that bears his name. Africa-based and African-funded, its principal focus is on strengthening the private sector across the continent, as he explains to Caroline Hartnell of Alliance Magazine. [wpfilebase tag=file id=2 tpl=simple /] Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!

The Somali foundation, which received a grant from The Tony Elumelu Foundation, recently held the first Generation Change Summit in Mogadishu, where ninety youth activists and entrepreneurs came together to discuss the role of youth in changing a post-conflict society for the better. [wpfilebase tag=file id=1 tpl=simple /] Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!

New York, 21 September 2013 – On the eve of his departure to New York, where he will be speaking at the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UN MDG) Success Event and the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, the UK based publishers of African Business Magazine announced that global business leader Tony O. Elumelu, …