Former CEO, Parminder Vir, OBE joins the Foundation’s Advisory Board Lagos, Nigeria, April 1, 2018 — Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, former Director of Partnerships and Evaluation, Tony Elumelu Foundation has assumed her new role as the Foundation’s CEO on April 1. [Ifeyinwa becomes the third CEO and the first African to become the Chief Executive Officer of …

À PROPOS DE LA FONDATION TONY ELUMELU : La Fondation Tony Elumelu (TEF) est la principale organisation philanthropique africaine engagée dans l'autonomisation des entrepreneurs africains. Fondée par l'investisseur et philanthrope africain Tony O. Elumelu, CON, la Fondation est guidée par la philosophie Africapitalism, qui propose que le secteur privé détient la clé pour débloquer le développement durable de l'Afrique. Grâce à son…

On March 22, 2019, the Tony Elumelu Foundation announced 3,050 entrepreneurs from 54 African countries to join the 5th cohort of its $100million Entrepreneurship Programme. Click to see the full list of selected entrepreneurs on TEFConnect. The colourful event, which also marked the fifth round of the Programme and the significant increase in the number …

Lagos, Nigeria – On Wednesday, March 20th, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading African philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, will host the Belgian Minister for Digital Agenda and Telecommunications, Philippe De Backer, and a delegation of 40 Belgian start-ups, entrepreneurs and NGOs. The Foundation recently hosted President Emmanuel Macron of France in a convening of over 2000 young …