West Africa

September 19,2019

Ige Komolafe Atiba – “I would like to provide safe drinking water to the remotest African villages”

First of All, Introduction I am Ige Komolafe Atiba, an inventor and Social Entrepreneur, Co-Founder and the C.E.O of Laughkord Consult and Resources Ltd; a Nigerian grown company incorporated in 2014 with a mission to create a science-backed water derivative for a broad range of domestic and industrial uses. I grew up in a rural …
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September 6,2019

Tony Elumelu to Give Keynote Address at the ICRC’s Private Sector Partnerships with the Humanitarian Sector Event

Tony Elumelu, Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation—the leading philanthropy focused on empowering African entrepreneurs—will give the keynote address at the event organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) themed “Private Sector Partnerships with Humanitarian Organizations: Putting People First”. The event, which will hold at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, …
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September 5,2019

Serah Kassim, the Fashionpreneur

Meet Serah Kassim, the Nigerian Fashionpreneur At the very beginning: My love for fashion was born out of necessity, the need to “slay” on Social Night! As a teenager in boarding school, the Saturday Social Night gatherings were one of the few highlights of my week, I could take time off my studies to have …
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September 2,2019

This Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur is Creating a Niche in the Fashion Industry

Little Lady Seamstress My mum had a fashion house back in the 90s and as a young girl, I was fascinated by the fabrics – the different colors and textures and the embellishments – the feathers and sparkly stones that she worked with so I invited myself into her workshop as a mini-apprentice, piecing together …
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August 29,2019

Ayobami Adedokun is Solving Energy Poverty Through Solar Inverters

Meet Ayobami Adedokun, the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur Solving Energy Poverty Through Solar Inverters How it Started Globally, there is a call for renewable and sustainable energy sources to reduce the irreparable harm done to our environment by the use of fossil fuel and the need to create an alternate source for when fossil fuel runs …
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February 22,2019

March 1 Deadline Looms: African Entrepreneurs to Apply for the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme

The Tony Elumelu Foundation, the leading African-funded and founded philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, has announced its last call for applications into its prestigious 2019 Entrepreneurship Programme. The application portal launched on the 1st of January 2019 to close on the 1st of March, 2019. Selected beneficiaries will join 4,470 current alumni and …
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December 14,2018

Tony Elumelu Foundation Takes TEFConnect to Intra-African Trade Fair in Egypt

Tony Elumelu Foundation, Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering African entrepreneurs, was represented by a delegation at Afrexim Bank’s Intra Africa Trade Fair in Cairo, Egypt where TEFConnect – the largest digital networking platform connecting African entrepreneurs, investors and mentors, was unveiled to the public. Speaking on the panel “Making Intra-African Trade work for business – Views from …
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December 14,2018

Tony Elumelu Foundation Appoints Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu as Chief Executive Officer

…Elevates the Retiring CEO Parminder Vir to the Advisory Board of the Foundation Left to Right: outgoing CEO, Parminder Vir; Incoming CEO, Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu LAGOS – December 13, 2018: The Board of Trustees of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Africa’s private-sector-led philanthropic organisation empowering African entrepreneurs, announced the appointment of Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu as Chief Executive Officer …
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December 13,2018

Applications for Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme 2019 Open 1st January on TEFConnect

The Tony Elumelu Foundation will open the 5thEntrepreneurship Programme application cycle on Jan 1st , 2019 Applications will be hosted on the largest digital networking platform for African entrepreneurs, TEFConnect – tefconnect.com On the 1st of January 2019, at 12am, WAT, the Tony Elumelu Foundation will begin accepting applications for the fifth cycle …
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December 7,2018

Carine Bokovo: Living Healthy Through Assiba Fée

Living in Benin Republic, Carine Bokovo was always worried about the nutritional diet of her the people in her immediate community. On approaching adulthood, after seeing firsthand what a deficiency in vitamins can do to the human body, she decided to take it upon herself to tackle this problem both for her family and her …
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