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- February 6, 2015
1000 lucky entrepreneurs from all over Africa have just concluded a 2-day intensive boot camp organized by the Tony Elumelu Foundation tagged #TEEP 2015. The boot camp is one of several stages these entrepreneurs are being taken through, following their selection out of about 20,000 applicants from 52 African countries. The laudable Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship
READ MORETwo of Africa’s most prominent foundations – the Nigeria-based Tony Elumelu Foundation and the Oppenheimer family’s Brenthurst Foundation of South Africa – launched an important new book titled “Africans Investing in Africa” on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Africa meeting in Cape Town. The 338-page book covers a range of important topics critical
READ MOREThank you all for being here today, the second of my two days in Washington highlighting the importance of global entrepreneurship as a development model. Just yesterday I was honoured to participate as the only non-American speaker at a White House event on global entrepreneurship hosted by President Obama, who is speaking on your campus
READ MOREENTERPRISE54 – The board of Trustees of the Tony Elumelu Foundation announces the appointment of Professor Reid E. Whitlock as Chief Executive of the Foundation, commencing 15th February 2015. Professor Whitlock’s appointment follows Dr Wiebe Boer, the inaugural Chief Executive of the Foundation, becoming Director of Strategy at Heirs Holdings, Mr. Elumelu’s pan-African proprietary investment
READ MOREENTERPRISE54 – Tony Elumelu, CON is a Nigerian Entrepreneur, with over twenty years of experience in the Banking and Investment sector in Africa. In the course of his career, Elumelu says he has met hundreds of entrepreneurs who carry in them the hope of Africa’s future. “Many of them young people with incredible dreams and
READ MOREENTERPRISE54 – We have heard that 2015 is the year for entrepreneurs and small businesses. While James Caan, a serial entrepreneur and investor summed it up as the year to shine, Tony Elumelu, CON, a Nigerian entrepreneur and philanthropist in his article, “The Rise of Africapitalism” predicts that 2015 will be the year where African
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