The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs, opens applications on its TEFConnect digital platform (www.tefconnect.com) today, January 1, 2021. This...
Zahara Chetty is the founder of the African Futures Academy who is committed to collaborating and exploring new ways of bringing FutureSkills to the next generation...
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Serah Odende is co-Founder and CEO of African Harvesters, an AgriMedia (marketing, advocacy and training) startup based in Lagos, Nigeria. She has years of experience working...
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Dr. Thomas Duve, Director for Regional Funds, KFW Development Bank (Left) and Felix Bikpo, CEO, AGF (Right)(Source: African Guarantee Fund) The African Guarantee Fund is focused...
Signing the TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme in Niger—Tony Elumelu, Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation and Ahunna Eziakonwa, UNDP Regional Director for Africa The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)—the private-sector-led...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a grant of $5 million to enable the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme to scale...
L – R: Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman, Heirs Holdings and UBA Group; H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya;...
Dr. Hanan Morsy (Credit: AfDB) “There is no greater asset to Africa than its youth,” a statement that has been repeatedly proclaimed, but the continent still...
The Business Bootcamp is in line with the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson’s “1 million by 2021 Initiative” The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) will be...
DECEMBER 2, 2019- The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) — Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs — will begin accepting applications for the 2020 cohort...
The main challenge entrepreneurs are facing in Africa is not the lack of great ideas but the fear of turning ideas into reality. With unemployment in...
Zoussi Ley (Entrepreneur & Marketer) When I concluded my Masters from IE Business School in Spain, I flirted with the thought of moving back to Africa....
Artur Schabak and Ray Youssef – Co Founders of Paxful (Photo: Paxful) Many young Africans see bitcoin as an opportunity to develop commercial ventures CAPE TOWN,...
Najwa El Iraki is an entrepreneur, business development and financial services expert. In this interview with Alaba Ayinuola, She talks about some of the biggest mistakes...
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Badejo Stephen, CEO and Founder of The Removalist Logistics. The Removalist Logistics is a Lagos-based global logistics power house that began operations few years back and...
The private bike-sharing ecosystem is beginning to gain momentum in Africa, most especially in Nigeria. Although not new to the dense Asian cities and some parts...
Tochukwu Egesi, CEO, Innovation Corner at International Finance Corporation Exchange Summit The IFC Exchange Summit convenes game changers in infrastructure, natural resources, science, and the arts...
