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Embracing Africapitalism: Path to Sustainable Development and Economic Empowerment

    By: Tony O. Elumelu CFR, Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation; Chairman, UBA Group   Africa stands at crossroads – a continent beaming with potential, innovation, and promise. As we navigate the complexities of the global landscape, it is important that we chart a course towards sustainable development, inclusive growth, …

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Tony Elumelu Foundation Set to Announce 2024 Cohort of its Flagship Entrepreneurship Programme

  Tony Elumelu The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading philanthropy empowering African entrepreneurs, will announce 1,200 African entrepreneurs across 54 African countries as beneficiaries of its flagship Entrepreneurship Programme. The announcement will be made on March 22, 2024. The new beneficiaries will become the 10th cohort of the 10-year-long …

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Harvard Business School Launches Tony Elumelu Foundation Case Study

  The Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation and Group Chairman, UBA, Mr. Tony O. Elumelu: Faculty member and Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School(HBS), Professor Paul Gompers, flanked by students of the HBS during the introduction of Tony Elumelu Foundation Case Study as part of Harvard’s Curriculum in Boston, Massachusetts …

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Tony Elumelu Foundation, UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited, and IKEA Foundation Announce Partnership to Launch Green Entrepreneurship Programme that Addresses Triple Planetary Crisis

    The Tony Elumelu Foundation, UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited (GenU), and IKEA Foundation are thrilled to announce their strategic partnership to launch a pioneering Green Entrepreneurship Programme that is aimed at empowering African youth and tackling the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource scarcity.   In …

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The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) disburses over 100 million dollars to young African Entrepreneurs to create 400,000 jobs across Africa

Somachi Chris – Asoluka    “As of today, we have disbursed over 100 million dollars to over 15,000 young African entrepreneurs and created over 400,000 direct jobs. This, we intended to achieve within 10 years, but I am happy to share that since the launch of the foundation in 2015, …

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TONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES SOMACHI CHRIS-ASOLUKA AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

  Somachi Chris-Asoluka The Board of Trustees of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, the leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, has announced the appointment of Somachi Chris-Asoluka as Chief Executive Officer, following the retirement of current CEO, Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu. The appointment takes effect from March 01, …

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