My life before Entrepreneurship I come from an average Tunisian family of 5; my parents, my two siblings and I. Both parents were civil servants and education was given huge priority over other things, so I attended the regional pioneer high school within my locality; Lycee Pilote de Sousse”. The foundation of good education …
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Mohamed Dhaouafi – Tunisian Entrepreneur
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Tony Elumelu to Give Keynote Address at the ICRC’s Private Sector Partnerships with the Humanitarian Sector Event
Tony Elumelu, Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation—the leading philanthropy focused on empowering African entrepreneurs—will give the keynote address at the event organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) themed “Private Sector Partnerships with Humanitarian Organizations: Putting People First”. The event, which will hold at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, …
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Serah Kassim, the Fashionpreneur
Meet Serah Kassim, the Nigerian Fashionpreneur At the very beginning: My love for fashion was born out of necessity, the need to “slay” on Social Night! As a teenager in boarding school, the Saturday Social Night gatherings were one of the few highlights of my week, I could take time off my studies to have …
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This Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur is Creating a Niche in the Fashion Industry
Little Lady Seamstress My mum had a fashion house back in the 90s and as a young girl, I was fascinated by the fabrics – the different colors and textures and the embellishments – the feathers and sparkly stones that she worked with so I invited myself into her workshop as a mini-apprentice, piecing together …
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Major World Economies are Becoming Increasingly Isolationist. Except Those in Africa.
First published on Washington Post by Fareed Zakaria Fareed Zakaria shares with The Washington Post his views on Africa’s rising prominence and the role the private sector as well as organisations, such as the Tony Elumelu Foundation, play in driving this growth. The best word to describe the mood of the global economy these days …
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Elumelu Challenges Japan – “Partner With us in Empowering African Entrepreneurs”
Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator Praises Tony Elumelu’s Private-Sector Led Approach to African Development President of South Africa, H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa: “If you want really good returns, as Tony Elumelu said, come to Africa” Elumelu Champions Job Creation in Africa at Breakfast Meeting with President of Rwanda and UNICEF Executive Director Tokyo, Japan, August 29, …
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Founder’s Session at the TICAD 7 Plenary 3 Public-Private Business Dialogue
Founder’s Remarks: Founder’s Session at the TICAD 7 Plenary 3 Public-Private Business Dialogue (August 29, 2019) Good morning all; Our Host, H.E., the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Shinzo Abe African Heads of States and leaders of the Africa Union; Mr. Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Chair of AU, President of Arab Republic of Egypt; Mr. Muhammadu …
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Transcript: Tony Elumelu’s Opening Remarks at the JETRO Japan Africa Business Forum
Founder, Tony O. Elumelu’s Opening Remarks at the JETRO Japan Africa Business Forum in Yokohama, Japan August 29, 2019 Good afternoon all, First, I must thank Chairman Nobuhiko Sasaki of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) for organising this important event, and I specially commend his team for all the effort put into a …
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Ayobami Adedokun is Solving Energy Poverty Through Solar Inverters
Meet Ayobami Adedokun, the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur Solving Energy Poverty Through Solar Inverters How it Started Globally, there is a call for renewable and sustainable energy sources to reduce the irreparable harm done to our environment by the use of fossil fuel and the need to create an alternate source for when fossil fuel runs …
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Tony Elumelu prononcera un discours luminaire à la TICAD au Japon
Tony O. Elumelu, Promoter of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and President of United Bank for Africa (UBA), will speak at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), to be held in Yokohama, in Japan, August 28-30, 2019. As the first champion of entrepreneurship in Africa, Mr. Elumelu will ensure that the voice of …
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