Les candidatures pour la 6e promotion du programme d’entrepreneuriat de la Fondation Tony Elumelu sont maintenant ouvertes. La Fondation Tony Elumelu (TEF), la principale organisation philanthropique africaine axée sur l’autonomisation des entrepreneurs africains, recherche les idées commerciales les plus innovantes à travers le continent africain. Vous pouvez postuler si vous avez une idée d’entreprise ou …
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Implementation of African Development Bank $5 Million Partnership With the Tony Elumelu Foundation
On the 16th of December 2019, the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced formal board approval of the $5 million partnership agreement with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), initiated by the signing of a statement of intent by both institutions, in March 2019. The announcement demonstrates the mutually shared objectives of the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s $100 …
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Somto Anunobi of Geek Code Planet is the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur Equipping Kids with ICT Skills
In Nigeria, there’s little or no adoption or application of ICT in schools, even though it’s a necessary skill for the present and the future. So, Somto Anunobi decided to do something about this problem. He founded Geek Code Planet to “shape the future with ICT today.” Geek Code Planet exposes kids, between 5 and …
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Africa: The Forest of the Future
Earlier today, my dear colleague, Owen Omogaifo – MD of Transcorp Hotels, delivered the keynote address on behalf of our Founder, Tony O. Elumelu, at the 2019 Israel-Nigeria Agrinnovation Seminar in Abuja. The theme of the initiative was “No Room For Small Dreams”, with a focus on agriculture and technology. Africa has historically been disregarded …
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Founder who Turned Down Microsoft Job to Grow Startup, Now Expanding to Third Country
For most software developers getting a job offer from a company like Microsoft is a once-in-a-life-time opportunity that one would literally be crazy to turn down. But this is exactly what 26-year-old Nigerian Chris Kwekowe (pictured above), the CEO and co-founder of Slatecube, did. In 2015, after completing a year of study at the Massachusetts Institute …
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Tony Elumelu’s Keynote Address at the Agrinnovation Seminar in Abuja, Nigeria
Delivered by Owen Omogiago, Former COO of Tony Elumelu Foundation and current MD of Transcorp Hotels Transcorp Hilton, Abuja December 9, 2019 Good morning; Your Excellency, The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo Your Excellency, The Ambassador of the State of Israel to Nigeria, Ambassador Shimon Ben-Shoshan Distinguished guests here with us today; I …
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Tony Elumelu to Deliver Keynote Address at TICAD Africa Development Conference in Japan
Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), will speak at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), taking place in Yokohama, Japan from August 28 – 30, 2019. As the leading champion of entrepreneurship in Africa, Mr. Elumelu will ensure that …
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6 Tony Elumelu Foundation Alumni Have Received Travel Sponsorship to Attend TICAD Conference in Japan Sponsored by UNDP
Six Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Alumni have received travel sponsorship to attend the seventh edition of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Japan, sponsored by one of TEF partners, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The programme will hold on August 28 -30, 2019 at Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama city, Japan. The sponsorship is …
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Promoting African Unity: The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum
By Adenitan Akinola “Despite the potency of sport/football in promoting unity, it is never a match for the TEF forum convergence” This year’s convergence of African entrepreneurs at the 2019 Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Forum was unarguably the largest gathering of young African entrepreneurs. More impressive was the fact that it was facilitated …
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Welcome Remarks by Dr. A.V Awele at the 2019 TEF Forum
Good morning everyone. Excellencies: Her Excellency, the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, represented by Her Excellency, Dr. Mairo Almakura; Her Excellency, the First Lady of the Republic of Guinea, Madame Djene Condé; Her Excellency, the First Lady of the Republic of Mali, Madame Keïta Maiga, the Director General of the World Health …
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