Originally posted here Announced in April by UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, Dr. Vera Songwe has become the first woman ever to head the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). Headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, UNECA is one of the UN’s five regional commissions, and was established in 1958 to encourage economic cooperation among …
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First Female Head of UN Economic Commission for Africa: Vera Songwe
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TEF 2015 entrepreneur Lawan is solving the need for a healthy poultry product
In 2013 Lawan Usman Ali was to celebrate his son’s birthday but and he faced with a NEED and then, a CHALLENGE. The need to find healthy and neatly processed poultry meat. The challenge? There were not many outlets where he could purchase this. This made him go through the process of buying live …
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Eric Sebasore is Driving Mentorship for Impact
The result of a 2004 informal research on why people go to University showed that people go to the University and other institution of knowledge to get tools that will help them find solutions of different problems that our society meet. Further to his findings in the research, Eric would discover that youth had a …
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You Can’t Always Get What You Want: The Art of Negotiating
First published on Entrepreneur “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find you get what you need” -You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Mick Jagger & Keith Richards As I sat down to write this I tried to think of an appropriate quote on winning. I like to …
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Keturah Ovio Is Helping Nigerians Access High Quality Locally Made Products
First published on Konbini For all the noise about “buy Naija”, it’s important to note that good quality, made-in-Nigeria products are not that easy to find. Thankfully, Keturah Ovio is doing her best to change that. Keturah, a trained software engineer, is the founder and and CEO of Qeturah, an online marketplace that helps people find …
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The Tony Elumelu Foundation at the Presidential Policy Dialogue organised by the Lagos Chamber for Commerce and Industry (LCCI)
On Thursday, the 25th of May 2017, the Tony Elumelu Foundation participated in the Presidential Policy Dialogue organised by the Lagos Chamber for Commerce and Industry (LCCI). The event was an opportunity for members of the private sector to interact with the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, who was represented by the Minister for Trade …
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Save the Date: The TEF Forum 2017
The TEF Entrepreneurship Forum is the largest Pan-African gathering of African entrepreneurs and the entire entrepreneurship ecosystem from across the continent and world-wide. Last year’s event was a showcase of the innovation and potential that exists in Africa and this year’s event promises to feature some of Africa’s brightest entrepreneurial minds on and offstage. The Forum is held over two days …
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Elumelu’s Foundation, Others Honour NGO Over Positive Strides
First published on The Vanguard Haima Health Initiative was recently honoured as one of the most innovative Non Governmental Organisations, NGOs, in Nigeria. The recognition came at BusinessDay’s Top 25 Most Innovative Companies and Institutions Awards 2017, held at Eko Hotel and Suites. The awards ceremony, which holds annually, was aimed to recognize companies operating …
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Mentor Experience: TEF Entrepreneurship Forum 2016
By Iselle Akwoue, Gabon. Mentor, Class of 2016. As I boarded flight KP-0025 from Libreville to Lagos on October 27th, my stomach felt a sting: some new and profound awareness: taking part to the gathering seed of the century, Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum. During my years spent working for majors as operations manager and …
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Meet the Selected 1,000 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs for 2017
Over 93,000 African Entrepreneurs applied from 55 African countries, more than doubling the number of applications received in 2017. Today, we announce the selected 1,000 Tony Elumelu entrepreneurs for 2017. See the full list here Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
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