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January 2, 2019 No Responses

Five Years of Spreading Luck – Everyone Needs a Little Help

In business the role luck plays in success and personal achievement is rarely discussed. If luck is mentioned, it is done with slight condescension, and usually dismissed as a product of hard work, not deserving significant attention. While hard work...

October 28, 2018 No Responses

Strategic Role Of Entrepreneurship In Africa’s Economic Development, By Elumelu

5,000 African entrepreneurs, private and public sector leaders and the broader entrepreneurship ecosystem convened in Lagos on Thursday, October 25, 2018 for the annual Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Forum. The event which is the largest gather...

October 10, 2018 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation, GIZ, To Empower Young Entrepreneurs In East, West Africa

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading entrepreneurship philanthropy, is partnering with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Government’s Agency for International Cooperation. GIZ will support the...

September 20, 2018 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation To Launch Digital Platform For African Entrepreneurs At 2018 Forum

Africa’s leading entrepreneurship focused philanthropy, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, is launching the world’s largest digital platform for African entrepreneurs and the African entrepreneurship ecosystem – TEFConnect. TEFConnect will officially be u...

July 21, 2018 No Responses

Shell To Sell $2B Nigeria Oil Assets

The Anglo-Dutch oil major is discussing selling oil mining licenses 11 and 17 to Heirs Holdings Ltd., a company run by Nigerian tycoon Tony Elumelu, the people said. Included in the sale are infrastructure assets such as a natural gas-fired...

July 7, 2018 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Pledges N500m For Delta Entrepreneurship Scheme

Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Founder and Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony O. Elumelu, CON has pledged N500 million to create an entrepreneurship programme exclusive to indigenes of Delta State. He made the pledge after presenting 50 beneficiar...

April 18, 2018 No Responses

Elumelu, Kim, Weiner To Open Forum On Digital Economy for Africa

Chairman, Heirs Holdings and Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu will join Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group and Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn CEO at the opening debate of the ‘Digital Economy for Africa’ Forum in Washington, D.C...

April 12, 2018 No Responses

Tony Elumelu, UBA Chairman To Tour East Africa On Entrepreneurship, Infrastructure

Foremost Entrepreneur and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu will lead a 5-day working visit to East Africa, where he will meet with national leaders of Kenya and Uganda. In his capacity as Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mr....

March 23, 2018 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Selects 1,000 Entrepreneurs For 2018 Programme

More than 150,000 Africans from 114 countries worldwide applied to join the 4th ‎cycle of The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s (TEF) 10-year, $100 million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. Meanwhile, the Foundation has announced African entrepreneurs with the mos...

March 1, 2018 No Responses

Elumelu Gets PSN Award

Per Second News, an online news platforms, on Wednesday honoured foremost philanthropists, Mr.Tony Elumelu for empowering a generation of young entrepreneurs, who are expected to drive Africa’s economic and social transformation. Mr Elumelu, Chairman/Fo...

November 7, 2017 No Responses

Elumelu at Presidential Villa, implores investors on Nigeria’s business ranking

Foremost industrialist and entrepreneur, Tony Elumelu, on Monday urged Nigerian and foreign investors to take advantage of the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking of Nigeria to invest in the country. Speaking with Journalists after a visit to the.....

October 19, 2017 No Responses

Elumelu seeks stable policy to enhance SMEs growth

The Chairman, UBA Group and Heirs Holdings, Mr Tony Elumelu, on Wednesday advised the Federal Government to tackle the issue of policy somersaults to enhance the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Elumelu gave the advice at the 24th...

October 15, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo lauds Elumelu as foundation wraps up 2017 entrepreneurship forum

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship, concluded its 3rd annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum on Saturday in Lagos State with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in attendance. The Forum hosted mor...

October 6, 2017 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation to host 1,300 entrepreneurs, business leaders from 54 countries

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s largest philanthropy focused on supporting entrepreneurship, has announced that the 3rd annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum will take place on October 13-14 in Lagos. This is the first year the invitation-only For...