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May 11,2018

Shabbirali Mussa: Solving the Waste Challenge of Tanzania

From Arusha to Dar es Salaam, over every 5 mins walk you will find a plastic bag (polythene) on the road or in a drainage leading to pollution. In Tanzania, a devastating amount of over a million polythene plastic bags are used each year. Only a small percentage of these plastic bags are used again …
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May 9,2018

2018 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme at a Glance

Click here TEF-2018-At-A-Glance to see a breakdown of the selected Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs for 2018 Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
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May 8,2018

Spreading the African Dream

First published here One of Africa’s finest business minds, Tony Elumelu, is travelling round the continent, helping to bring alive the idea that Africa is ready for economic prosperity. Charles Ajunwa writes The Chairman of United Bank for Africa, a pan African financial institution with presence in over 20 countries in Africa, Tony Elumelu, has consistently advocated …
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May 4,2018

How I Built My Business

Running a business is a daunting task. There’s a lot to be done and almost at the same time. So, this week, we met with 3 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs who tell it all on how they built their businesses. Listen to Adeola Bojuwoye, CEO of Round Stone Consulting, Luther Lawoyin, CEO of Lucy.ng and Godwin …
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May 4,2018

Chasing Elumelu: On the Road With Big-Hearted Billionaire

In contrast to what everyone will do, on his twitter page, Africa’s front row businessman and philanthropist, Tony Elumelu, has his portrait looking over boundless water. The billionaire’s masterfully calibrated image in a slick suit on a lofty perch was photographed somewhere in Lagos business district. It mirrors one thing: his boundless beneficence. For decades, …
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May 4,2018

Inside Chigozie Bashua’s World of Nut Processing

With a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, one would expect Chigozie to focus on a career in line with her degree but in her words, “I believe I was called to do more than just my degree, I was out to fight the rising cost of food prices and bring innovation and the …
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April 27,2018

Energy from Waste: Greenpact’s Leroy Mwasaru is Driving Social Impact in Kenya

As a high school student of Maseno School, Young Leroy Mwasaru started Greenpact when his school faced a problem of a faulty sewer system. The sewer problem polluted nearby sources of domestic water for the neighboring community, sparking a demonstration against the school. In a bid to provide solution to this problem, Leroy and his …
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April 27,2018

Meet the Drone Kings

We caught up with 2 drone kings, Edmond Nonie from Sierra Leone and Ndubuisi Eze from Nigeria. Ndubuisi manufactures drones to help farmers in rural areas and Edmond uses drones to help map construction sites which can be monitored remotely from anywhere in the world! Listen to them below Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
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April 20,2018

Digital Economy For Africa

Tony O. Elumelu CFR, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation joined Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group and Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn CEO at the opening debate of the ‘Digital Economy for Africa’ Forum in Washington, D.C organised by the World Bank Group. Tony Elumelu revealed that Africa’s youth population, 60% of which are under the …
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April 20,2018

Running a Business in Africa

This time, we caught up with different entrepreneurs in different sectors to bring you a packed session. Listen as Michael Balogun (2016 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur) in the tourism sector, Gregory Asenime (2016 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur) in the Haulage/ Logistics sector and Ifedayo Durosimi-Etti, (2016 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur) in the Commercial/Retail sector as they share their …
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