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Rosemary Obi, TEF Alumna, To Empower 10,000 Women By 2025
Fuelled by a strong desire to give back to the society, in 2018, Rosemary Obi, Co-founder, ReneAfrik Designery LTD, kicked off her
Hafiz Adubiaro, TEF Alumni, Expands Missions To Feed Africa
Despite the effects on the COVID-19, pandemic, 2015 TEF Alumni and Founder of Adubiaro Farms, Hafiz Adubiaro has recently expanded his 17-hectare
Building Covid-19 Ventilators in Africa, for the World
When Hank Debey applied for the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme in 2015, his mission was to provide affordable air services to African farmers
How Blockchain Startup Chekkit is Saving Lives in Nigeria
Nigerian-born healthcare enthusiast, Dare Odumade, always had inspirations to create solutions to the planet’s key problems using technology. For such big dreams,
5 Young African Entrepreneurs Growing Eco-friendly Businesses on the Continent
Eco-entrepreneurship is the new fad of startup entrepreneurship, not because of its rising popularity, but its potential to transform our environment, improving
Coronavirus inventors
The Coronavirus pandemic has brought out the innovator in many Africans. From automatic hand-washing machine to a solution to connect his community
Founder who Turned Down Microsoft Job to Grow Startup, Now Expanding to Third Country
For most software developers getting a job offer from a company like Microsoft is a once-in-a-life-time opportunity that one would literally be
Meet Oluseyi Falaye, the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur Tackling Nigeria’s Power Crisis with Econergco
Oluseyi Falaye founded Econergco Limited, an eco-friendly energy company with a mission to eradicate energy poverty and eliminate greenhouse gas emissions. The company
Meet Caroline Denekombaye, TEFxUNDP Entrepreneurship Programme Beneficiary
About me My name is Caroline Denekombaye, I am a seamstress but am hearing impaired. My motivation In addition to the challenges
Meet Noubadoum Mayengar, Visually Impaired Beneficiary of TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme
Meet visually impaired beneficiary of the TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme from Chad. Our programme manager caught up with him during the training session
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