Adapted from the speech titled, “Only in Nigeria is our Story Even Possible” by Tony O. Elumelu, MFR, which he delivered at the Nigerian Economic Summit, Abuja, on November 10, 2011.
Read MoreI'd like to thank the Dean of Strathmore Business School, the faculty members, elders of this country who are here, senior business leaders, fellow entrepreneurs, students and my colleagues. I am honoured to be here with you this morning and to have the opportunity to share my thoughts on this very interesting topic. "Interesting", because I believe that, as this institution does, Africa to a large extent can and will be developed by the private sector. Government has a role to play but the role of government to a large extent is to help facilitate or to help create the right environment.
Read MoreTony O. Elumelu, MFR, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, an African proprietary investment, and Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, delivered the commencement address at the Rwanda School of Finance and Banking’s (SFB) sixth graduation ceremony on Friday, December 9, 2011. During his keynote speech to the SFB’s largest graduating class to date, Mr. Elumelu fulfilled what he said during an interview in July 2010 when he retired as CEO of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) – “I will dedicate the next phase of my life towards mentoring and grooming young Africans who need role models.”
Read MoreTony Elumelu, the former Group CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Chairman of Heirs Holdings, an African proprietary investment firm committed to the economic transformation of Africa, sparkled like a million stars at the Convergence Africa conference in Nairobi, Kenya, recently.
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