In another big move, one of Africa’s most influential entrepreneurs, Tony O. Elumelu (CON) has announced a 5-year endowment (support package) of The Future Africa Awards prizes. Recognized by the World Bank last year as ‘The Nobel Prize for Young Africans‘, The Future Awards Africa, which is in its 8th season, is presented in partnership …

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are essential to growing African employment and GDP. In high-income countries, SMEs represent a high share of economic activity, a large share of employment, and bring informal business activity into the formal economy. Yet, a severe lack of financing is limiting the ability of African SMEs to grow and …

Aid for business in Africa – In this article, which appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, Tony O. Elumelu asserts that the traditional approach to solving Africa’s problems through aid has created a cycle of dependency. A better approach, he says, is to use donor subsidies to fund private, for-profit ventures.

Tony O. Elumelu, CON, fala ao Citypress da África do Sul sobre investimento de impacto e desenvolvimento de África a longo prazo

Tony O. Elumelu, CON is featured alongside Bill Clinton, Mo Ibrahim, Melinda & Bill Gates, Tony Blair and Patrick Motsepe in The Africa Report’s cover piece The Philanthrocrats. Click here to read the full article on The Africa Report [wpfilebase tag=file id=6 tpl=simple /]