Empowering African Entrepreneurs Archives - The Tony Elumelu Foundation

January 27,2022

2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme at a Glance

Click here to see a breakdown of the selected Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs for 2021
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June 25,2021

Empowering Additional African Women Entrepreneurs

Even before there was a pandemic, women-led MSMEs faced more challenges in comparison to their male counterparts. According to the United Nations, 27% of female entrepreneurship rate in Africa is the highest in the world; Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region in the world where there are more women than men who become entrepreneurs. Still, …
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June 15,2021

TONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION TRAINS OVER 200,000 AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS ACROSS 54 AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Entrepreneurs have completed the business management training globally likened to an MBA.
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December 4,2020

Making Impactful Strides in Africa – UNDP Regional Director for Africa, Ms Ahunna Eziakonwa

In this interview, the UNDP Regional Director for Africa, Ms. Ahunna Eziakonwa, speaks with the Tony Elumelu Foundation on the impact and challenges of development on the continent. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Global Development Network and the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) – the leading champion of entrepreneurship in Africa – …
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December 3,2020

Ifeoma Okafor-Obi discusses opportunities for Nigerian SMEs at the 5th NESH-NXT Annual Conference for Young Entrepreneurs

On November 26, 2020, the Director of Operations of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Ifeoma Okafor-Obi represented the CEO of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu in a plenary session at the 5th NESH-NXT Annual Conference for Young Entrepreneurs. The webinar themed ‘SME Industrial Investment Opportunities for Nigerian Entrepreneurs in 774 LGAs in Nigeria’ focused on …
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November 13,2020

The African Entrepreneurship Digest – November Edition

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September 4,2020

The African Entrepreneurship Digest – September Edition

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August 12,2020

22 Quotes from the International Youth Day with TEF

Today, we marked the International Youth Day with an event themed “Investing in Africa’s Future: Youth Empowerment through Entrepreneurship” which featured an intellectual discourse on the critical role of the youth in igniting their potential, population, and influence to create mechanisms for sustainable development across the continent. Here are some notable quotes from the event: …
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July 24,2020

The African Entrepreneurship Digest – August Issue

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July 3,2020

Gender Diversity, African Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Growth

An Interview with Vanessa Moungar, Director for Gender, Women and Civil Society, African Development Bank Group The Tony Elumelu Foundation and the African Development Bank Group are in partnership to empower young African entrepreneurs. How does this fit into the agenda for the AfDB and how can the private and public sectors work more collaboratively …
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