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October 19, 2024 No Responses

AfDB Unveils $100m Investment Bank For Nigerian Youths

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Bank for Nigeria. AfDB president, Akinwunmi Adesina disclosed this on Friday in Abuja while delivering a keynote address at the 90th Birthday Lecture of former Head of State Yakubu Gowon....

April 16, 2024 No Responses

Maduka: The Road To Success Is Rarely Linear

My name is Dr. Cosmas Maduka, and the world of business is where I found my calling. But my journey wasn’t a smooth ride from the start. In fact, it began with calloused hands and the determination of a young...

September 20, 2023 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Partners UNICEF, IKEA On Green Entrepreneurship Programme

The Tony Elumelu Foundation, UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited (GenU), and IKEA Foundation have announced their strategic partnership to launch a pioneering Green Entrepreneurship Programme that is aimed at empowering African youth and tackling the triple pl...

March 4, 2022 No Responses

IWD: Ellevate by Ecobank Holds Free Exhibition, Training For Women Entrepreneurs

Ecobank Nigeria has concluded plans to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) with a special exhibition and networking workshops for women entrepreneurs under the auspices of Ellevate, a proposition specially targeted at women and women-ce...

February 14, 2022 No Responses

Seplat Energy, C4C Entrepreneurship Initiative Graduate 15 Fellows

Seplat Energy Plc in partnership with Conversations for Change (C4C) has announced the graduation of 15 Fellows from the duo’s entrepreneurship programme. The 2021 batch of Fellows have been equipped to begin their business empires, which are expected ...

December 3, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Trains 200,000 Youths On Digital Literacy, Entrepreneurship

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has trained 200,000 youths on Digital Literacy, Skills Acquisition, Entrepreneurship, Employability and Leadership programme. The Minister, Sunday Dare made the disclosure at a Book L...

November 14, 2021 No Responses

AMCON Promotes Entrepreneurship Among Corps Members

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has initiated an entrepreneurship and empowerment programme for members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to carry out their national service with AMCON. The scheme, which is tagge...

September 21, 2021 No Responses

Sekibo Urges Govt Stakeholders To Prioritise SMEs, Youth Entrepreneurship

Bridging the gap to attain sustainable solutions to economic recovery will be the most impactful route to drive lasting and meaningful growth. For this to be achieved, creation of opportunities, conscious inclusion of Small and Medium Enterprises a...

June 17, 2021 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Trains 200,000 African Entrepreneurs

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, has successfully trained over 200,000 entrepreneurs in core busines...

January 1, 2021 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Opens 2021 Entrepreneurship Programme Application

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. According to the Foundation, this year’...

December 28, 2020 No Responses

Heritage Bank Empowers Palm Oil Entrepreneur With N10m

As part of its commitment to support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Heritage Bank has empowered the winner of The Next Titan Season-7 with N10million. An entrepreneur, Joshua Joseph Idiong who is the CEO of Josult Oil Proce...

June 11, 2020 No Responses

Cosmas Maduka Joins EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year Class 2020

Sequel to Dr Cosmas Maduka’s emergence as the winner of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 award for the West Africa region, he officially joined the “EY World Entrepreneur of the Year” Class of 2020 along with 46...

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...