In this interview with ThisDay, Dr. Wiebe Boer, CEO of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, speaks about a $150,000 donation to the African Union Foundation. Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
Plus →In this interview with ThisDay, Dr. Wiebe Boer, CEO of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, speaks about a $150,000 donation to the African Union Foundation. Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
Plus →By Lawrence Mbae Without strong industries to create jobs and add value to raw materials, African countries risk remaining shackled by joblessness and poverty. Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana produce 53percent of the world’s cocoa. But the supermarket shelves in Abidjan and Accra, their respective capitals, are stacked with chocolates imported from Switzerland and the UK, …
Plus →Tony O. Elumelu is a respected African voice. The private sector, national governments and development agencies should work together to achieve long-term impact that creates economic prosperity and social wealth for all, urges the father of “Africapitalism”. [wpfilebase tag=file id=8 tpl=simple /] Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
Plus →On Saturday, 22 February 2014, Tony O. Elumelu, CON, received the Investor of the Year Award, presented by The Sun. The award recognizes his contribution to the growth of the Nigerian economy, highlighting his “remarkable” $2.5 billion commitment to the Power Africa initiative. We send a hearty congratulations to a courageous African investor and leader, whose …
Plus →The spirit of entrepreneurialism, with its promise or reduced youth unemployment and economic renewal, is certainly gathering steam across Africa. But true entrepreneurship-led transformation will require a mindset shift amongst Africa’s small business owners. Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
Plus →Les dirigeants du développement mondial ne semblent pas se lasser de Tony Elumelu, le banquier et philanthrope nigérian à la voix douce qui a fait la une des journaux l'année dernière lorsqu'il a annoncé un investissement de $2,5 milliards dans l'initiative Power Africa du président américain Barack Obama. Soumettre Annuler Merci pour vos commentaires !
Plus →To Africa’s many challenges, add one more: unemployment. Unemployment, independent of any other factor, threatens to derail the economic promise that Africa deserves. It’s a time bomb with no geographical boundaries: Economists expect Africa to create 54 million new jobs by 2020, but122 million Africans will enter the labor force during that time frame. Adding to …
Plus →Like Mr. Elumelu, other top African philanthropists also appear to be changing tactics, focusing on investments in areas likely to accelerate Africa’s prosperity in addition to their interventions in humanitarian crises such as floods. Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
Plus →Dans le This Day de la semaine dernière, le journaliste respecté Kayode Komolafe a braqué les projecteurs sur l'Africapitalisme, une philosophie économique qui retient l'attention en Afrique et dans d'autres centres clés du monde. Il s'agit essentiellement d'un appel au secteur privé pour qu'il dirige le développement de l'Afrique à travers des investissements à long terme dans des secteurs stratégiques qui peuvent créer…
Plus →(CNN) — The economic performance of Africa in the last few years has been remarkable. The continent has consistently defied the global trend. Five years after the global financial system came perilously close to collapse, the global economic outlook is still uncertain. In Europe, GDP is still below pre-crisis levels and unemployment is at a …
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