Senegalese-American musician and Co-Founder of the Akon Lighting Africa initiative, Akon was in Lagos, Nigeria as a guest of the Tony Elumelu Foundation on July 31, 2015. He addressed some of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs in an interactive session at the headquarters of the United Bank for Africa Plc, on energy and entrepreneurship, among many …
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PHOTOS: Akon addresses the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs in Lagos
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PHOTOS: TEF hosts Steve & Jean Case, US PAGE Ambassadors in Lagos
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Tony Elumelu Foundation Releases Most Comprehensive Study on African Entrepreneurship Ever Conducted
27 July 2015, Nairobi, Kenya — The research and policy arm of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, the Africapitalism Institute, released a groundbreaking study on Africa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem at the sixth Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya where President Obama gave the keynote address. The 86-page report, titled Unleashing Africa’s Entrepreneurs, based on original research leveraging the Foundation’s pan-African network …
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PHOTOS: The Tony Elumelu Foundation at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi, Kenya
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Obama and the era of Afri-preneurship – Dante Disparte
White House invitation in hand, I am honored to speak at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit this weekend in Nairobi on the topics of innovation, navigating the funding cycle and entrepreneurial hubs. Kenya is abuzz with excitement ahead of a proverbial homecoming for President Obama. For all the temporary excitement that global summits evoke, GES2015 and the SPARK Global …
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Why Obama’s Kenya visit might be a turning point for African entrepreneurship – Tony O. Elumelu CON
(CNN) – President Barack Obama will travel to Nairobi this week to address the sixth Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), and the first to be held in sub-Saharan Africa. This gathering of hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, nonprofits, and government officials, co-hosted by the governments of the United States and Kenya, will spotlight the growing importance of Africa …
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Full Text of Speech by Prof. Yemi Osinbajo GCFR, Vice-President of Nigeria at the 2015 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) Boot Camp
AN ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROFESSOR YEMI OSINBAJO GCFR, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE TONY ELUMELU ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME (TEEP) BOOTCAMP ON SATURDAY, 11TH JULY, 2015 I was listening with some apprehension to the Master of Ceremonies as he was about to introduce me because he had said, just after His …
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Creating an Enabling Environment for Entrepreneurs – H.E Mallam Nasir El-rufai, Governor of Kaduna State at Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) Boot Camp
TOPIC: CREATING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR ENTREPRENEURS AN ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MALLAM NASIR EL RUFAI (GOVERNOR, KADUNA STATE) AT THE TONY ELUMELU ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME BOOT CAMP ON SATURDAY, 11TH JULY 2015 Your Excellency, the Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, my brother and also the National President of the Nigeria Association of Short People …
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Tony Elumelu Foundation Empowers 1000 Africans – Channels TV
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“Supporting Entrepreneurship” – An Address by His Excellency, Lionel Zinsou, Prime Minister of Benin Republic
AN ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, LIONEL ZINSOU, PRIME MINSTER OF BENIN REPUBLIC AT THE TONY ELUMELU ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME (TEEP) BOOTCAMP Mr. Vice President, Your Excellency, Mr. Chairman of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Governor, Mr. Chancellor, distinguished guests and all you young entrepreneurs from 51 countries in Africa. Good afternoon Africa. So, I have …
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