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 […]
cofoundHER Interviews Lorna Okeng: Digitally Preserving African Heritage
Lorna Okeng is an adventure seeking, nature loving tech enthusiast who is passionate about using technology to address real world challenges. A former Google student ambassador and a girl child evangelist, Lorna Okeng is no stranger to winning – in 2014 she was one of the winners in the ITU Telecoms’ Young Innovators Competition. “What […]
cofoundHER Interviews Abisoye Habib: Unearthing Nigeria’s Agribusiness Potential
Everyone knows that food business is good business, yet, only a few entrepreneurs that we have met think of starting a company to address food related opportunities like production, packaging and food security. For some, they think changing the world means tackling more complex high tech problems, but what better way to transform a country […]
cofoundHER Interviews Adiya Atuluku: Muse Origins Takes African Creativity to the World
Founded by three ladies, Adiya Atuluku, Frances Okolo and Thelma Thani, Muse Origins is a creative organisation with a mission to showcase African creativity through art, photography, culture, design, music, food and fashion. “We believe that Africa has so much to offer…but most people don’t know it yet. Our mission is to show the world Africans […]
Application for Tony Elumelu Foundation’s Entrepreneurship Programme Opens
Are you an entrepreneur? Do you feel you have an innovative business idea that can change Africa? The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s Entrepreneurship Programme’s application portal officially opens tomorrow, January 1st 2015. Entailing a multi-year programme of training, funding, and mentoring, designed to empower the next generation of African entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs from all over Africa are […]