Tony Elumelu Foundation hosts historic bootcamp for 1,000 Emerging African Entrepreneurs from 51 African Countries in Ota, Nigeria

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...

The Managing Director of UBA Tanzania Mr. Demola Ogunfeyimi addresses the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) Entrepreneurs heading for the training in Ota Nigeria from Tanzania during the send off dinner in Dar es Salaam organized by United Bank for Africa Tanzania.

The Managing Director of UBA Tanzania Mr. Demola Ogunfeyimi addresses the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) Entrepreneurs heading for the training in Ota Nigeria from Tanzania...

African businessman and philanthropist Tony Elumelu.

Oxford, United Kingdom.  African businessman and philanthropist Tony Elumelu has called on business leaders to make decisions that will increase economic and social wealth, and promote development in the communities and nations in which they operate. Mr. Elumelu, the Chairman of Heirs Holdings and the Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, stated this in a closing keynote speech titled,“Africapitalism as a Catalyst for Development in...

Pan-African think tank to promote private sector role in unlocking economic opportunity

Tony O. Elumelu, CON, the chairman of Heirs Holdings and founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, today inaugurated the Africapitalism Institute at the Shared Value Leadership Summit in New York. The establishment of the Institute was first announced on May 8th at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa, in Abuja, Nigeria.

Africapitalism – the philosophy promoted by Mr. Elumelu – calls on the African...

President Barack Obama with co-founders of the Global SPARK coalition, Jonathan Ortmans, CEO of the Global Entrepreneurship Network; Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation; and Sriram Bharatam, Chairman, Africa Growth Initiative, (EO); during the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, over the weekend.

An impressive collection of organizations have come together to answer President Barack Obama’s call at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit yesterday in...

Andrea Guzzoni, Country Manager of JovagoTanzania.

Africa’s N°1 Hotel Booking website, Jovago.com has been featured on the Google Travel Platform. This increases the scope of potential customers and the propensity to boost Jovago activities in Africa to a larger extent.   

Africa’s leading hotel-booking website Jovago has been incorporated into the renowned Google Hotels Ads. This strategic collaboration aims to ease the process of hotel search and reservation for travellers in Africa....