Zimbabwe’s Richest Man Strive Masiyiwa Talks on $40Bn Uber and ‘Being Business Minded’ (Part 4)
- Entrepreneurs
- January 14, 2015
Recently, the Tony Elumelu Foundation released the list of entrepreneurs who made the shortlist for the 2017 cohorts of its Entrepreneurship Programme. In fulfillment of its 10-year vision to empower 10,000 entrepreneurs across the African continent, the foundation selects 1000 businesses annually from the pool of applicants. This year, about 93,000 applications received from across
READ MOREJoel Chimhanda is the founder of JC Capital Ltd, a financial advisory business that specializes in advising and partnering entrepreneurial visionaries to realize Sub-Sahara Africa business opportunities. As a business advisor, he has offered business insights to the likes of Africa’s richest business mogul, Aliko Dangote, and African leaders like Jacob Zuma (South Africa) and
READ MOREThe Tony Elumelu Foundation yesterday, released the names of shortlisted candidates for its 2017 cohorts of the TEF Entrepreneurship program. This year, over 93,000 applications were turned in from all 55 African countries with 1000 candidates eventually making the shortlist. Nigerian entrepreneur, and philanthropist, who is also the patriarch of the foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu,
READ MOREEntrepreneurship is booming in Nigeria no doubt. In fact, one can argue that it’s becoming a pop culture among the country’s teeming population. Being an entrepreneur running your own show seem to be the cool thing to do for a people already disillusioned with the government. While this is not to say the only reason
READ MORELast week, the Young Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (YENNigeria) held the 2017 edition of the Youth and Women Empowerment Congress (#YAWEC2017) at the NECA Event Center, Ikeja, Lagos. The event had in attendance, leading lights of the Nigerian entrepreneurship ecosystem like Adebola Williams of Red Media, Nnamdi Ezeigbo of SLOT Nigeria, Muna Onuzo, founder, Gazelle Academy
READ MOREOkechukwu Ofili, popularly known as Ofilispeaks is the founder of fastest growing mobile book reading app in Africa in okadabooks.com. Last year, the app recorded its highest monthly sales record by a single author, Sally Dadzie, who grossed over 150,000 Naira (about $450 at the time) selling her romance-themed books on the platform. Read her
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