April 7, 2014, marked a historic day for Nigeria, with the rebasing of our GDP to nearly $500 billion. This new figure makes us the largest economy in Africa and the 26th larget in the world. Not only has Nigeria overtaken South Africa as Africa’s largest economy, but we are now on par with Poland …

Dans cette interview avec ThisDay, le Dr Wiebe Boer, PDG de la Fondation Tony Elumelu, parle d'un don de $150,000 à la Fondation de l'Union africaine.

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, …

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 /]

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 …

L’esprit d’entreprise, avec ses promesses de réduction du chômage des jeunes et de renouveau économique, prend certainement de l’ampleur à travers l’Afrique. Mais une véritable transformation axée sur l'entrepreneuriat nécessitera un changement de mentalité parmi les propriétaires de petites entreprises africaines.

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.