The Tony Elumelu Foundation BeGreen Africa Initiative 2023
The Tony Elumelu Foundation, in partnership with the IKEA Foundation and UNICEF Generation Unlimited (GenU), has launched a program to empower and support businesses that are developing and supplying green solutions in Africa. This initiative will spotlight the work being done by young entrepreneurs in the environmental sustainability space, and help them with some […]
The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Program (TEEP) 2023
Applications are now open for the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Program (TEEP), an annual program that trains and funds hundreds of entrepreneurs from across Africa each year. If you are building a business and you would like to receive substantial funding for it while also accessing world-class training and resources to help you grow […]
Tony Elumelu Foundation Set To Empower 3,369 African Female Entrepreneurs
As part of its moves aimed at empowering African entrepreneurs, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced that it will be giving out a total grant of $16.8 million in non-refundable seed capital to 3,369 women in the continent. Read more about Opportunities This information was made public by Head of the Foundation and […]
€10,000 Grant Available In The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Women Entrepreneurship For Africa Program
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has introduced the Women Entrepreneurship for Africa (WE4A) program, designed to provide women entrepreneurs across Africa with the support—including funding –they need to scale their businesses. Read more about Opportunities The Women Entrepreneurship for Africa program will help women-led enterprises improve their capacity to access market opportunities. Through technical […]
How To Win The $5,000 Grant From The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme
If you run a business and you’re seeking financial support to expand and strengthen it, here’s news you should take seriously. For six years, the Tony Elumelu Foundation has organized an annual entrepreneurship programme, through which it has helped numerous African entrepreneurs with the training and funding they need to scale. Till date, they […]
Everyday Heroes: Tony Elumelu and The Tony Elumelu Foundation
Tony Elumelu is a Nigerian economist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Heirs Holdings, the United Bank for Africa, Transcorp and founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation. Elumelu holds the Nigerian national honours, the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) and Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) in […]
The TEF Forum 2018
The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum (TEF Forum) will return to Lagos for its fourth edition, on the 25th of October 2018, at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. As is the custom of the forum to thrill guests with firsts, this year, over 5,000 African entrepreneurs will linkup with top African investors from […]
Tony Elumelu Named Among World’s 200 Most Influential Philanthropists
Nigerian business mogul Tony Elumelu has been named as one of the World’s top 200 influential philanthropists and social entrepreneurs. Elumelu, whose socially minded programs and schemes have impacted thousands of entrepreneurs across Africa, was among several prominent figures to be included in the list compiled by Richtopia. The persons whose names were listed are […]
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 […]
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Most people who read will tell you that handling the pages of a book when reading is part of the pleasure of reading but others who don’t fancy reading at all look out for other options where they can find information hidden in books. What we all know for a fact is that the reading […]
Prof. Reid Whitlock Appointed as Chief Executive of Tony Elumelu Foundation
The board of Trustees of the Tony Elumelu Foundation has announced 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 company. […]
The Tony Elumelu Foundation Launches The Elumelu Nigeria Empowerment Fund
The preceding month has been such a great one for the Tony Elumelu Foundation. The Elumelu Nigeria Empowerment Fund, a non-profit organisation managed by the foundation, was launched recently. This is in addition to celebrating four years of impressive philanthropic work being done by the foundation. The organisation will empower and revitalise communities in Nigeria affected by natural […]
Afrit Education’s Innovation Cluster Mapping Project Gets Grant from Tony Elumelu Foundation
The Tony Elumelu Foundation has announced it would provide grant support for the Nigeria Innovations Cluster Mapping project. The Nigeria Innovations Cluster Mapping project is executed by the African Institution of Technology’s (AFRIT) Education Foundation and plans to uncover innovation clusters—groups of companies in similar industries employing new technologies in their business—across Nigeria. Dr. Wiebe […]
We Will Transform Ten Million Lives in Ten Years – Elumelu
Nigeria’s business mogul, investor, and philanthropist, Tony Elumelu, recently spoke at the Clinton Global Initiative on the objectives of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and its peculiar interest in engineering growth among SMEs in the African continent. According to Elumelu, economic development in Africa can be achieved by channeling resources into Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). […]
Tony Elumelu Fellow Profile: Ada Osakwe, Business Expertise for Effective Government
Last November, in keeping with the Transformation Agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan and the resolve by the Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, to steer the agricultural sector away from the age-long practice that sees it as a developmental project into a private sector led business that is a major driver […]