Tony Elumelu addresses the Un General Assembly
UN Headquarters, New York, NY
On Wednesday, April 9th, the UN General Assembly and Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) hosted...
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Dewji Blog25 Jun
Tony Elumelu Foundation Welcomes 1000 Pan-African Entrepreneurs to $100M Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme Boot Camp
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....
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PRESIDENT KIKWETE ADDRESSES THE 69TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NEW YORK
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete exchange views with the Minister of State in the Zanzibar's First Vice President's Office Hon Fatma Abdulhabib Fereji before the President delivered his speech during the General Debate of the 69TH UN General Assembly in New York
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete speaks during the "Every Woman, Every Child High Level Event" at the Trusteeship Council Chamber of the United Nations in New York. To his left is the Prime Minister of Canada, Hon Stephen Harper....
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IPU underway in Geneva, EALA Speaker Zziwa addresses General Assembly
The 131st Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference commenced in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday with a clarion call to end violence against women and to strive to tackle growing threats to global peace, security and human rights.
The global conference will also see the election of a new President of the IPU following the expiry of the three year term of incumbent, Hon Abdelwahad Radi of Morrocco.
In his remarks, the out-going President of the IPU, Abdelwahad Radi...
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Dewji Blog06 Jan
Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme Portal is opens for applications
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...
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Dewji Blog01 Dec
Tony Elumelu Foundation Commits $100M to African Entrepreneurs
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...
9 years ago
Dewji Blog01 Jan
Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme Portal opens for applications
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...
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Dewji Blog26 Nov
French employers invite Nigerian billionaire, Tony Elumelu
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...
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Dewji Blog16 Sep
Progress in Africa Will Help Ease the Global Migrant Crisis- by Tony Elumelu
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 AfricaImages of refugees attempting to reach Europe through any and all possible means have dominated global...
