The Tony Elumelu Foundation launches Africapitalism Institute at Shared Value Leadership Summit

Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman, Heirs Holdings Limited, Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, CON;  CEO, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Parminder Vir; during the press conference held in Lagos on Wednesday, announcing the entrepreneurship boot camp for the 1,000 selected Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs representing all 36 Nigerian states and 51 African countries scheduled for July 10-12 in Ota, Ogun State.

Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman, Heirs Holdings Limited, Mr. Tony O....

In his recent article in the Economist, Tony Elumelu declared that, “In 2015, the African entrepreneur will explode on to the global stage, as a new generation shows the world what those of us doing business in Africa have long known: that our continent is home to some of the most exciting and innovative entrepreneurial talent.”

Today, we take the first step to helping the explosion happen.

At 11:00am, during a major press conference at Heirs Place, Mr. Elumelu announced the launch of The...

l-r:Benin Republic Prime Minister,  Mr. Lionel Zinsou, Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation Mr. Tony Elumelu and Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai at the $100 Million Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) boot camp for 1000 entrepreneurs from 51 countries across Africa, Ota, Ogun State, on Saturday July 11, 2015.

l-r: Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation Mr. Tony Elumelu and Kaduna...

Mr. Tony Elumelu (in red tie) addresses the 2015 TEEP Participants during the three day boot camp in Ota Nigeria 11th July 2015.

2015 TEEP entrepreneurs from all over Africa take a group picture with Mr. Tony Elumelu (in Red tie) during the boot camp in Ota Nigeria.

Some of the TEEP participants from Tanzania having dinner organized for them by United Bank for Africa as send off to the boot camp in Ota Nigeria.

Happy 2015 TEEP entrepreneurs who represented Tanzania as they head for the...

Tony O. Elumelu, C.O.N., with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the opening of the joint United Nations General Assembly and Economic and Social Council conference on “The role of partnerships in the implementation of the post-2015 Development Agenda”. Elumelu gave the keynote address representing the global private sector. (Photo by Mr. Billy Bly).

UN Headquarters, New York, NY

On Wednesday, April 9th, the UN General Assembly and Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) hosted...

Budding entrepreneurs across Africa can now apply to join the second annual Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) for start-up businesses based in Africa.

The Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme application portal is already open for entries since January 1, 2016 and will accept applications until Midnight GMT on March 1, 2016.  To apply, entrepreneurs must complete the online application form on the web portal: http://bit.ly/ApplyForTEEP2016

Successful applicants who complete...

Budding entrepreneurs across Africa can now apply to join the second annual Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) for start-up businesses based in Africa.

The Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme application portal opens for entries today, January 1, 2016 and will accept applications until Midnight WAT on March 1, 2016.  To apply, entrepreneurs must complete the online application form on the web portal here

Successful applicants who complete the programme will receive the local...

The Head of MEDEF, Pierre Gattaz, with Tony Elumelu (right) and the President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Oscar Onyeama, in Lagos on 7th October 2015. (PHOTO CREDIT: AFP).

By Joan Tilouine

A prominent figure amongst the new generation of Nigerian entrepreneurs that came, on the 12th and 13th of November, to meet with French business leaders. And yet, there is a gap between the industrialist and investor Tony Elumelu, aged 52 and the MEDEF leaders.

The two worlds first met at the...

Tony O. Elumelu with the 1,000 entrepreneurs representing 51 African countries from the 2015 class of the $100 million Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme during the entrepreneurship boot camp in Ota, Nigeria in July.

Tony O. Elumelu is chairman of Heirs Holdings and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation

‘Africapitalism’ is the key to creating more economic opportunities in Africa

Images of refugees attempting to reach Europe through any and all possible means have dominated global...