Majority of the people of Somalia are pastoral nomads. Camels (the traditional currency of prestige and wealth), sheep, goats and some cattle are raised in large numbers across the plains and range lands of Somaliland provide both daily subsistence and the economic backbone of the country. With an estimated 60 per cent of the population …
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Inspiring a New Generation of Farmers in Somalia, Jama of Hadi Farms Shares His Story.
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TEF Prize winner Francis Ayomoh is Leading an Agenda for Universal Health Coverage for All
Building the next generation of Africa’s leaders is both an organisational mission for the Foundation and a personal conviction of Founder, Tony Elumelu. One way we have been able to fulfil this ambition is through mentoring and the promotion of academic excellence and entrepreneurship, via the Tony and Awele Elumelu Prize. The Elumelu Prize was …
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Royal Academy of Engineering Recognizes Businesses led by TEF entrepreneurs
Nigerian TEF Alumni, Ifediora Ugochukwu and Emeka Nwachinemere from the set of 2015 have been shortlisted for the Royal Academy of Engineering Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. The shortlist recognises the most talented engineers from across sub-Saharan Africa, including innovators working to make malaria and reproductive health tests easier, using dolphin-inspired echo-location for visually impaired …
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Upcoming Entrepreneurship Events February 19th-25th
The 2018 NEXUS Africa Forum will convene between 20-21 February, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa in collaboration with the African Leadership Academy. It will bring together young philanthropists, impact investors, and allies – including family business members, successful entrepreneurs, and inspiring social change leaders. They will discuss challenges facing our world today and innovative solutions to …
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Chris Kwekowe is Tackling Unemployment and Talent Management with Slatecube
Chris Kwekowe is not your regular 24 year old! At 19, this Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur alongside his brother founded Microbold, a company focusedon providing business solutions for SMEs and large scale enterprises, offering an extensively innovative approach towards providing technology solutions for business, education, family and even technology enthusiast. However, Microbold is not what rings …
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TEF at the World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum(WEF) is an elite gathering of global leaders in the public and private sectors, who hear cases for international collaboration as a means of solving global challenges. In recognition of the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s role as the pan-African organization encouraging inter-African collaboration through entrepreneurship, our Founder, Tony O. Elumelu led a delegation …
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Ifedayo Durosinmi-Etti is Shaping her world through Parliamo Bambini
This week in Davos, Switzerland, the 48th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting gathered global leaders and players to discuss and develop a shared narrative to improve the state of the world. Beyond the annual summit by WEF, the WEF also seeks to replicate change through hubs across the world via the Global Shapers Community, a …
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Tony O. Elumelu Speaks on the State of Start-Ups at the World Economic Forum
THE STATE OF START-UPS – CONGRESS CENTRE, ASPEN 1. Davos, Switzerland Small and medium-sized enterprises contribute up to 60% of total employment and up to 40% of national income in emerging economies. If start-up enterprises are the engine for inclusive growth, how can leaders reignite the fire? Dimensions to be addressed: – Addressing youth unemployment …
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Tony Elumelu Foundation – 2017 Annual Review
Founded on the principles of Africapitalism, in 2015, when we launched Africa’s largest Entrepreneurship Development Programme we set out to democratize and institutionalise luck by designing an authentic, innovative, credible, homegrown, and game-changing programme that will bring economic transformation in Africa from the ground up. We are equipping our entrepreneurs with the skills, networks, mindset, …
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Scaling Impact: TEF and ICRC Partner to Empower More Entrepreneurs
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) signed a memorandum of understanding to empower 200 entrepreneurs from Nigeria’s North East and Niger Delta regions. This partnership aims to holistically address, through innovative interventions, the economic plight of communities affected by armed conflict or violence and further help us …
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