In the four years that the Tony Elumelu Foundation has run the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, we have produced 4,470 African entrepreneurs armed with the tools they need to thrive in the African business ecosystem. At the TEF Forum 2018, taking place at the Federal Palace Hotel on the 25th of October one of the major …

On the 25th of October 2018, all roads lead to the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos as the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Africa’s leading entrepreneurship philanthropy, hosts the fourth edition of the TEF Entrepreneurship Forum: the largest gathering of African entrepreneurs and the larger entrepreneurship ecosystem. This year’s edition will unite over 5,000 entrepreneurs, global …

What can be done to provide all Africans with easy and equal access to quality healthcare? That is the question raised by Beninese doctor Vèna Arielle Ahouansou, who when she was merely 25 created an ambitious new app called Kea Medicals. As the head of her start-up with the same name, she currently leads a …

Launched in 2015, WaraCake is an online marketplace for independent bakers and confectionery makers, aiming to make it easier for customers to purchase their cakes and have them delivered. The startup raised an undisclosed amount of funding from former Jumia and Konga executive Onyeka Akumah shortly after launching, and in 2016 was selected to join the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship …