Men You Should Know: Tony Elumelu
Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu is a Nigerian economist, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder of the widely known philanthropic venture, The Tony Elumelu Foundation. Meet Tony Elumelu Tony Elumelu was born on March 22, 1963 to the family of Mr. Dominic and Mrs Suzanne Elumelu, in the city of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria albeit […]
Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Program: Applications Open on January 1, 2017
Applications for the third round of the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s Entrepreneurship Program will be open from January 1, 2017, according to information contained on the foundation’s website. The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Program provides training and funding for entrepreneurs with new and promising business ideas based in Africa. Its organizers say the program was […]
FMIC Collaborates with Tony Elumelu Foundation to Restructure Nigeria’s Creative Industries
The creativity of Nigerians has spawned a billion dollar sector which harbors great potential for even more growth within it. The energy and vibrancy of artists, filmmakers, and fashion entrepreneurs have made this possible, despite the fact that they have to work within a largely unstructured system. That lack of form and organization is what […]
Elumelu Foundation, Durham University Business Hold First Ever Conference on “Africapitalism”
The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s Africapitalism Institute and Durham University Business School, one of the oldest universities in the United Kingdom, recently co-hosted a day-long academic symposium on the economic philosophy called “Africapitalism” at the Foundation’s headquarters in Lagos. The primary goals of Mr. Elumelu’s Africapitalism mission are to promote public policies that facilitate private sector […]
cofoundHER Interviews Precious Odimegwu: Inspiring the Best In Children
A legal practitioner, hobbyist blogger and mother who is passionate about early developmental education of children, Precious Odimegwu nursed the dream of catering to the educational needs of preschoolers. For years, she planned to start her own Creche and Nursery Institution, writing down what it would look like and how it would be structured. But she […]
1,000 African Entrepreneurs Selected for TEEP Programme
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has shortlisted 1,000 entrepreneurs across the African continent for its TEEP Programme which is set to run for the next nine months. Training under this programme will consist of an intensive online curriculum, mentoring opportunities and a two-day entrepreneurship bootcamp. TEEP is a $100 million initiative set up to discover […]
The Tony Elumelu Foundation To Support More Tech Startups In Nigeria
With a mission to assist technology start-ups in solving more local problems, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is upgrading its commitment for Seed Funding to Tech Startups in Nigeria through the ccHub. The Founder, Tony Elumelu said, “the foundation will increase the number of annual grants made available to start-ups who develop local content applications, which […]
New Impact Fund Launched to Fuel Impact Investing in Africa
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Tony Elumelu Foundation have announced the launch of the Impact Economy Innovations Fund (IEIF) at the Impact Investing in Africa: Accelerating the Industry Regionally Forum. The event, hosted by The Rockefeller Foundation, the Tony Elumelu Foundation, and the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the University of Cape Town (UCT) Graduate […]
The Tony Elumelu Foundation and The Brenthurst Foundation Partner on Research
Tony O. Elumelu, CON, and Jonathan Oppenheimer, -two of the continent’s foremost philanthropists and business leaders- are collaborating to develop in-depth case studies to show how African companies investing in Africa could propel the continent to greater economic prosperity. Oppenheimer’s South African-based Brenthurst Foundation and The Tony Elumelu Foundation, which is based in Nigeria, believe the […]
Going Strong Into 2013, Heirs Holdings Reviews a Year of Achievements
The senior management of Heirs Holdings, the African proprietary investment company chaired by Tony Elumelu, C.O.N., convened at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja this month to review 2012, which saw the company’s portfolio record impressive growth, and to chart 2013 objectives within its core strategy of driving one of Africa’s leading value-creating enterprises. Heirs Holdings operates […]