About me My name is Caroline Denekombaye, I am a seamstress but am hearing impaired. My motivation In addition to the challenges of getting by in a society that is built for people with hearing ability, deaf people also have to deal with the stigma that society places on them. Job opportunities available to them …
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Meet Caroline Denekombaye, TEFxUNDP Entrepreneurship Programme Beneficiary
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Tony Elumelu to Receive National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) Award from the Federal Government of Nigeria
Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman of the United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) and Heirs Holdings, will be conferred with the National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) Award by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E. Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR in recognition of his continuous hard work and total commitment to the empowerment of youths …
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Meet Noubadoum Mayengar, Visually Impaired Beneficiary of TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme
Meet visually impaired beneficiary of the TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme from Chad. Our programme manager caught up with him during the training session last week to ask him a few questions. He shares his story, her challenges and motivation below. Tell us about yourself My name is Dieudonne Noubadoum Rimadoum Mayengar. I am a craftsman specialising in weaving. I …
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CEO, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu Wins 2019 Eloy Awards for CSR
On Saturday, November 22, Our CEO, Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu received the 2019 Eloy Awards for Corporate Social Responsibility for the work of the Tony Elumelu Foundation in empowering African entrepreneurs. She was represented at the awards ceremony by TEF, Events Manager Nneka Jibunoh who accepted the awards on her behalf. Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
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Global Pride: How Tony Elumelu Becomes Leader to Understudy in Africa
In the past not very unlike the present, things were done a little bit differently. Take point, competition in Grecian games. Masters of the games did not get athletic men with the form, figure and fashion sense of East African antelopes to compete for nothing. There were blood, sweat and an embarrassing volume of tears. …
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Financial Times Echoes Tony O. Elumelu’s Views on Ensuring AfCTA Agreement is a Success
In an article titled “Nigeria Battles Conflicting Instincts on Africa Free Trade Zone”, Financial Times Journalist Neil Munshi quotes our Founder, Tony O. Elumelu’s views on the two things that must be addressed to ensure that the AfCTA agreement is successful. According to Mr. Elumelu, “much of the deal’s success, and its potential for Nigeria, …
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Nigerian Starbucks’ copycat launches Happy Coffee
Princess Adeyinka Tekenah: telling Nigerians there’s more to life than instant coffee/Grace Ekpu, for the FT Princess Adeyinka Tekenah has a mission in life — becoming Nigeria’s Howard Schultz. “I love the Starbucks model, and I am determined to build a coffee narrative particular to Nigeria,” she says. Aiming at strengthening the coffee-drinking culture in …
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We are inviting world’s greatest catastrophe if the African youth is not politically and productively engaged –Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu says in BusinessDay Interview
Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, lawyer, business coach, and CEO, Tony Elumelu Foundation makes the list of hundreds of stakeholders in entrepreneurship, in and outside Nigeria, that yours sincerely has spoken to. If you are looking for one person who has a deep knowledge of the African entrepreneurship turf, you will find one in Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu. You wouldn’t …
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[SPEECH] Founder, Tony O. Elumelu’s Keynote Speech at the Dakar International Forum – on Peace and Security in Africa
Dakar International Forum – on Peace and Security in Africa Dakar, Senegal 18 November 2019 Keynote Speech by Tony O. Elumelu, CON Let me start by congratulating and commending my brother, President of Senegal, President Macky Sall for this very, very positive and productive forum to discuss peace and security. I speak as a private …
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“L’agenda du développement de l’Afrique doit donner la priorité à la création d’emplois, à la croissance inclusive et à la diversité des genres pour la paix et la stabilité sur le continent”, a déclaré Tony Elumelu au Forum de Dakar
Dakar, Sénégal, 18 novembre 2019 – Tony. O. Elumelu Fondateur de la Fondation Tony Elumelu (TEF) et président du Groupe United Bank for Africa (UBA) a suggéré la création d’emplois pour les jeunes, la croissance inclusive et la diversité des genres en tant que domaines prioritaires du programme de développement de l’Afrique visant à instaurer la paix et …
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