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 …

On Thursday, the 25th of May 2017, the Tony Elumelu Foundation participated in the Presidential Policy Dialogue organised by the Lagos Chamber for Commerce and Industry (LCCI). The event was an opportunity for members of the private sector to interact with the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, who was represented by the Minister for Trade …

The TEF Entrepreneurship Forum is the largest Pan-African gathering of African entrepreneurs and the entire entrepreneurship ecosystem from across the continent and world-wide. Last year’s event was a showcase of the innovation and potential that exists in Africa and this year’s event promises to feature some of Africa’s brightest entrepreneurial minds on and offstage. The Forum is held over two days …

First published on The Vanguard Haima Health Initiative was recently honoured as one of the most innovative Non Governmental Organisations, NGOs, in Nigeria. The recognition came at BusinessDay’s Top 25 Most Innovative Companies and Institutions Awards 2017, held at Eko Hotel and Suites. The awards ceremony, which holds annually, was aimed to recognize companies operating …

By Iselle Akwoue, Gabon. Mentor, Class of 2016. As I boarded flight KP-0025 from Libreville to Lagos on October 27th, my stomach felt a sting: some new and profound awareness: taking part to the gathering seed of the century, Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum. During my years spent working for majors as operations manager and …

Originally posted on Tribune THREE weeks ago, while interviewing the chairman and founder of Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries, Dr Stella Okoli, she said something I found exceptionally profound. She told me, her business success could be trace back to her fierce patriotism. To drive home her point, she said to me: “patriotism as one of the …