Iselle Akwoue took the leap into the unknown platform of being an entrepreneur when the oil crisis hit her country – Gabon. At that time most private companies had reduced their spend, and there was a major challenge of organisations been focused on daily management that they failed to see what you could be done …
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Meet Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme Mentor, Iselle Akwoue
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The TEF Meet-up in Rwanda
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Olivia Onyemaobi’s Reusable Sanitary Pads is Keeping Young Girls in School
With a series of cruel, incredible and sour experiences over 9 years of childhood, Olivia raised a campaign against child sexual abuse in July, 2015, educating and rehabilitate children, especially the ones suffering from sexual trauma in Nigeria. Teaming up with volunteers, Olivia addressed, counseled and rehabilitated over 1500 girls in October, 2015. During which it …
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You Can’t Always Get What You Want: The Art of Negotiating
First published on Entrepreneur “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find you get what you need” -You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Mick Jagger & Keith Richards As I sat down to write this I tried to think of an appropriate quote on winning. I like to …
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Gezahegn, Z.
The seed capital received from the Tony Elumelu Foundation has enabled me over the most important initial start up costs to expand my production facility, lease additional patch of land, strengthen my team and track the social impact of my company’s activities.
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Victor Nkindi is Using the Power of the Media to Drive Civic Education in Rwanda
In 2008, following the deadline set by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Rwanda initiated a national digital migration, this move by his home country helped stir up the desire for 2015 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur, Victor Nkindi to start his digital media platform – Hooza. Victor Nkindi is a media professional and Senior Consultant at Hooza, …
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Keturah Ovio Is Helping Nigerians Access High Quality Locally Made Products
First published on Konbini For all the noise about “buy Naija”, it’s important to note that good quality, made-in-Nigeria products are not that easy to find. Thankfully, Keturah Ovio is doing her best to change that. Keturah, a trained software engineer, is the founder and and CEO of Qeturah, an online marketplace that helps people find …
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Mutuma, J.
Great knowledge has been gained by interacting with my mentor and completing the weekly tasks from the Mentor Learning Platform. The mentorship programme packaged a 20 years’ experience in running a company into a 12 weeks programme!
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Olubunmi, F.
I attended the Facebook digital marketing training hosted by the Tony Elumelu Foundation & She Leads Africa. It was really enlightening and fun. I learned new ways to position and market my business online with whatever budget I have. Some of these are already being implemented on our social media platforms.
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Mbuih, Z.
In just 5 weeks, I have a deep insight on entrepreneurship. #Cameroon
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