Heirs Holdings today announced that its Chairman, Tony O. Elumelu, C.O.N., has been appointed to the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Private Capital Group for Africa (PCGA) Partners Forum. The Partners Forum is comprised of several leaders in industry convened to provide expert advice to the US Government on the best strategies for …

The Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) hosted the Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Tony O. Elumelu, C.O.N., during a mentoring session with Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) business leaders, as part of its 2012 SME Conference. The one-hour (?) session saw Mr. Elumelu answering questions from the audience related to entrepreneurship and business development. …

Enhancing the Public Sector’s Capacity to Stimulate Private-Sector Growth The Tony Elumelu Foundation is pleased to announce the placement of the first Tony Elumelu Fellow in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The initiative is in line with the Foundation’s intent to provide strategic support to key ministries, enabling a stronger and more …

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), a not-for-profit institution committed to the economic transformation of Africa by enhancing the competitiveness and growth of the African private sector, has announced that it will offer annual prizes in perpetuity to top-performing graduating students at several universities across Nigeria. The annual prizes will be for top undergraduate and graduate …