Tag: Entrepreneurs
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N1bn loan available for entrepreneurs at 9% interest -Finance Minister
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, says the Federal Government is offering businesses including manufacturers in the country credit facilities up to ₦1bn at a 9% interest rate. The minister, who was a guest on a national Television program said the current administration recognises the challenge of entrepreneurs to access…
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Tony Elumelu Foundation approves $16.8m non-returnable seed capital for 3,369 female entrepreneurs
The Tony Elumelu Foundation has approved the release of $5,000 non-returnable seed capital for 3,369 young African women as part of its 2021 Entrepreneurship Programme.
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Six innovative entrepreneurs win 2021 Zero Hunger Sprint Competition
About six Nigerian entrepreneurs have won this year’s ‘Zero Hunger Sprint – Nigeria’s Innovation Challenge’ held in Lagos last Friday. The competition aims to foster innovative approaches to end hunger, championed by Nigeria’s entrepreneurs. The six young men and women received cheques totaling N120 million to support their start- ups. In addition to the cash…
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Google earmarks $6m for female startups, entrepreneurs in Africa
Google on Monday said it has renewed its commitment to support startups in Africa with a combined six million dollars funding to startups founders and female entrepreneurs in Africa. Nitin Gajria, Managing Director of Google Sub-Saharan Africa, said on Monday in statement that It was part of the ongoing plans to double down on supporting…
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Tony Elumelu Foundation announces final 2,100 African Entrepreneurs for Inaugural TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)—the private-sector-led philanthropy focused on empowering African entrepreneurs—has announced a final list of 2,100 entrepreneurs to benefit from the inaugural TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme. The Programme targets small business owners in rural communities across the 7 Sahel countries of Africa – Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali and Cameroon. The successful…
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Tony Elumelu Foundation Announces 3,050 Entrepreneurs Selected For Fifth Cycle Of Entrepreneurship Programme
Tony Elumelu Foundation directly funds 1,000 entrepreneurs and an additional 2,050 beneficiaries supported by Foundation’s partners TEF Entrepreneurship Forum – Africa’s largest entrepreneurship convening – to be held on July 26-27 The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading African philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, Friday announced 3,050 African entrepreneurs, drawn from all 54 African…
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Digital business: Kaduna Govt, NGO to train female entrepreneurs
A Belgium-based Non-Governmental Organisation, Digital African Woman (DAW), says it will begin a six-week digital business innovative training for 100 female entrepreneurs across the country in Kaduna. The Creative Director of the organisation, Ms Claudia Chileshe, said on Friday in Kaduna that the training, which would commence on July 16, was being done in partnership…
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ICT: Anambra targets 1,000 digital entrepreneurs
No fewer than 1,000 youth from different walks of life in Anambra State will benefit from the Digital Entrepreneurship training programme organised by the state government. The state Deputy Governor, Dr Nkem Okeke, made the disclosure at the inauguration of the maiden Anambra DigiPrenueur Week tagged `The Next Level’ in Awka on Monday. Okeke said…
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Tony Elumelu Foundation selects 1,000 Entrepreneurs for 2018 programme
…as RED CROSS, UNDP & INDORAMA PARTNERSHIPS support further 250 beneficiaries …Records 151,692 registrations More than 150,000 Africans from 114 countries worldwide applied to join the 4th cycle of The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s (TEF) 10-year, $100 million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. Today, the Foundation announced the African entrepreneurs with the most innovative, high-potential business ideas. The…
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How entrepreneurs use technology to grow SMEs in Nigeria
Entrepreneurs behind top small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria have revealed some of the technology tools they employ in growing their businesses in the country. That SMEs are a driver of the Nigerian economy is no longer news, and the Nigerian government has really put in efforts in recent times to see that this…