Another female Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur, Chioma Ukonu, CEO of Recycle Points was selected to participate in the Cherie Blair Foundation Road2growth Business Programme. She sheds more light on her journey in this interview TEF: How has the Lagos TEF Forum helped your business? Chioma Ukonu: It’s been a wonderful experience; it has given me the opportunity …
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International Women’s Day Edition with Chioma Ukonu
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International Women’s Day Edition with Mariam Adams
Our entrepreneur, Princess Mariam Adams started her career as a child presenter on Kiddies Show Time which led her to the stable the Ovation Show, a popular media entity in her country, Nigeria. With experience, she ventured into Media Production. She is now a media Consultant and founder of Hamazon ACADEMIA, a digital media and …
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Our Entrepreneur, Bertrand Now Manufacturing Building Materials
Our entrepreneur, Bertrand Urama, is the managing Director Wilbuilt Integrated Company based at Dei-Dei International Building materials market in Abuja, Nigeria. The core focus of the company is to supply building materials to architects. However, this has been upgraded as he now manufactures his own building materials called Wilbuilt Super Fix. In addition to Wilbuilt …
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Our Entrepreneur, Fred Shava Shares Life-Changing Experience with TEF
Originally posted on Start The African Heritage Clothing company in Accra started with 4 workers in 2014 and now employs 12 people. Her customer base of hotels that she supplies to has grown from 15 to 40. Her turnover in 2015 grew by 340% from the 2014 revenues. The company has now moved to bigger …
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Our Entrepreneur, Fred Shava Shares Life-Changing Experience
Originally posted on Start The African Heritage Clothing company in Accra started with 4 workers in 2014 and now employs 12 people. Her customer base of hotels that she supplies to has grown from 15 to 40. Her turnover in 2015 grew by 340% from the 2014 revenues. The company has now moved to bigger …
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Winning Wednesday with Gabino Guerengomba
Our entrepreneur, Gabino Guerengomba’s revolutionary solar module was first released after the TEF Forum on September 18th 2015 at the Pennsylvania smart Infrastructure collaboration center. The success there was so tremendous that his business was convened to the country of Benin for a Energy and Infrastructure trade mission. He has as a result signed a USD 80 Million MOU to …
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The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme Funding Structure
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TONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION GAIN FRANCOPHONE SUPPORT FOR TEEP 2016 AT CLUB EFFICIENCE GALA, PARIS
LAGOS, NIGERIA – 22 December 2015 – The Tony Elumelu Foundation, as part of its outreach for the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP,) addressed an esteemed audience of French business leaders at the Club Efficience Gala on Saturday 19 December. Founder Tony O. Elumelu was awarded with the Prize for Excellence and represented by the …
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TAEP Final Convocation- University of Ghana
On 27 November 2015, The Tony Elumelu Foundation held its final Tony & Awele Elumelu Prize (TAEP) at the highly prestigious University of Ghana, Accra. Ranked the best University in West Africa, the University of Ghana is the oldest and largest University in Ghana with a student population of 40,000+ students. It was an honour …
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NO VISA: QUANDARY OF THE AFRICAN ENTREPRENEUR
-Written by Onajite Emerhor As an African born and bred woman, I am encouraged by the new wave of positive stories about Africa, but having first-hand experience of some of the difficulties our continent faces, it is clear that we cannot ignore areas that require vast improvement. Chief among these is the lack of interconnectivity …
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