Tag: Tony Elumelu Foundation
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Tony Elumelu Foundation supports Sèmè City – Benin’s International Knowledge and Innovation Hub
…empowers 50 Beninese entrepreneurs Sèmè City, the International Knowledge and Innovation City, has partnered with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading philanthropic organization empowering African entrepreneurs to train and empower additional 50 Beninese entrepreneurs. Sèmè City will join a growing list of governments, development agencies and private sector organisations partnering with the Tony Elumelu…
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Tony Elumelu Foundation Opens Applications for $100m Entrepreneurship Programme
The Tony Elumelu Foundation, an African-funded and founded philanthropy, committed to empowering African entrepreneurs is now accepting applications for the 2019 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The programme is a 10-year, $100 million commitment to identify, train, mentor and fund 10,000 African entrepreneurs, a press statement from the organisation has stated. The programme’s objective…
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Fourth Annual Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum to hold in October
Africa’s leading entrepreneurship-focused philanthropic organisation, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), has announced October 25, 2018, as the date for its 4thannual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum. The largest gathering of African entrepreneurs and the broader entrepreneurship ecosystem will unite over 5,000 entrepreneurs, global investors, leaders from the African public and private sectors and developmental organisations at the…
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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…