Elumelu Archives — Page 2 of 4

December 12, 2020 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Partners EU On Economic Empowerment For 2,500 African Women In 2021

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy committed to empowering young African entrepreneurs, has announced a partnership with the European Union to identify, train, mentor and fund 2,500 young African women entrepreneurs in 2021. The partnership will disburse €20...

May 25, 2020 No Responses

Elumelu Moderates As Presidents of Senegal, Liberia, Others Convene At UBA Africa Day Conversations 2020

The President of Senegal, Macky Sall, President of Liberia, George Weah and United States Senator Chris Coons will form part of a high-level leadership panel to be moderated by the Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Founder of the...

March 29, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Kwara Lauds BUA, Elumelu, UBA

The Kwara State Government has commended Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, Chairman, BUA Group; Chief Tony Elumelu, and the United Bank for Africa (UBA) for their financial support to strengthen the campaigns against the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the...

December 31, 2019 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation, UNDP Unveil 2,100 Africans For Entrepreneurship Scheme

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the private-sector-led philanthropy focused on empowering African entrepreneurs has announced a final list of 2,100 entrepreneurs to benefit from the inaugural TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme. A statement explained ...

December 2, 2019 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation To Open Applications For 2020 Entrepreneurship Programme January 1, 2020

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) — Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs — will begin accepting applications for the 2020 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, on January 1, 2020. Applications are made...

September 13, 2019 No Responses

ICRC Explains Economic Opportunities Partnership With TEF In Conflict Prone Regions

At the just concluded Forum organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), key speakers Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) proffered...

August 30, 2019 No Responses

Elumelu To Japan: Partner With Us In Empowering African Entrepreneurs

Foremost African investor and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu, has challenged the Government of Japan to invest 5% of its $50billion commitment to Africa, in empowering African entrepreneurs. In keynote speech, delivered before global leaders, at the 7th ...

August 27, 2019 No Responses

Tony Elumelu In Japan, To Address Conference On African Development

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,...

July 28, 2019 No Responses

At Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Forum, Job Creation, Youth Empowerment Take Cenre Stage

At the just concluded 5th edition of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Forum, five African Presidents and thousands of young African entrepreneurs converged at the most influential gathering in the African entrepreneurship ecosystem. Job...

May 6, 2019 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation To Host 5,000 African Entrepreneurs

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s foremost champion of entrepreneurship, will host its 5th Annual Forum — the largest annual gathering of African entrepreneurs – on July 26 – 27, 2019. The two-day event will take place at the iconic...

April 12, 2019 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Hosts European Commission, Finance Institutions, Others In Brussels

At a time when Europe’s relationship with Africa is high on foreign policy and developmental agenda and with the European Union beginning to deliver on its 2017 External Investment Plan, targeted at attracting investment and job creation in Africa, the...

April 3, 2019 No Responses

Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu Assumes Office as CEO, Tony Elumelu Foundation

Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, former Director of Partnerships and Evaluation, Tony Elumelu Foundation has assumed her new role as the Foundation’s CEO on April 1. [Ifeyinwa becomes the third CEO and the first African to become the Chief Executive Officer of the...

March 19, 2019 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation To Announce Selected Entrepreneurs For 2019 Programme March 22

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) will announce the selected applicants for the 2019 cohort of the Foundation’s flagship Entrepreneurship Programme on March 22, 2019. The event, which marks the 5th round of the Foundation’s Entrepreneurship Programme, will...

January 2, 2019 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Opens Applications for 5th Cycle of $100m Entrepreneurship Programme

The Tony Elumelu Foundation, the leading African-funded and founded philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, is now accepting applications for the 2019 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The Programme is a 10-year, $100...