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- 14 Mar 2025
Tony Elumelu Foundation Set to Announce 2025 Cohort of TEF Entrepreneurship Programme
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering entrepreneurs is set to announce the 11th cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme on Saturday, March 22, 2025. The…
- 2 Jan 2019
100m Tony Elumelu Foundation for Entrepreneurship Programme Opens Application
Tony Elumelu Foundation, has begun to accept applications for the 2019 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The programme is a 10-year, $100 million commitment to identify, train,…
- 16 Mar 2022
Tony Elumelu Foundation, Google.Org Announce Inaugural Fellowship Program to Support African Entrepreneurs
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Google announced today an inaugural Google.org Fellowship to provide one million additional Africans with access to TEFConnect, as part of the Foundation's…
- 1 Feb 2021
Tony Elumelu Foundation Announces Three Senior Executive Appointments
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading philanthropy empowering African entrepreneurs, has announced three senior executive appointments, effective February 1, 2021. Tony Elumelu This follows…
- 23 Mar 2025
Tony Elumelu Foundation Grants $15m to 3,000 African Entrepreneurs
Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced a $15 million grant to support 3,000 budding entrepreneurs from 52 African countries. Tony Elumelu, founder, TEF, made this known on Sunday in Abuja during…
- 18 Mar 2019
The Tony Elumelu Foundation to Announce Selected Entrepreneurs for 2019 Programme
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading African philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, will announce the selected applicants for the 2019 cohort of the Foundation’s…
- 22 Mar 2021
Tony Elumelu Foundation Releases 2020 Annual Letter
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, has released its 2020 Annual Letter titled “THE POWER OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMIDST…
- 29 Feb 2024
Tony Elumelu Foundation enters Harvard’s Curriculum
In an unprecedented move, the Harvard Business School, the graduate business school of Harvard University, is set to cast the spotlight on the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), recognising the…
- 28 Jul 2019
Presidents, Global Leaders Tackle Job Creation, Others @ 2019 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum
At the recently concluded 5th edition of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Forum, five African Presidents and thousands of young African entrepreneurs converged at the most…
- 17 Feb 2015
Tony Elumelu Foundation Announces New Chief Executive
The board of Trustees of the Tony Elumelu Foundation announces the appointment of Professor Reid E. Whitlock as Chief Executive of the Foundation, commencing February 15. Professor Whitlock’s…
- 10 Dec 2020
Tony Elumelu Foundation Partners EU for Economic Empowerment Transformation of African Women
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy committed to empowering young African entrepreneurs, has announced a partnership with the European Union to identify, train, mentor…
- 14 Aug 2018
4th Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum Holds 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.…
- 26 Aug 2019
Tony Elumelu to Deliver Keynote Address at TICAD Africa Development Conference in Japan
Tony O. Elumelu, founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), will speak at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD),…
- 26 Nov 2019
Tony Elumelu to Receive NPOM Award from FG
Tony O. Elumelu, founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and chairman of the United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) and Heirs Holdings, will be conferred with the National Productivity Order of…
- 25 Apr 2019
Elumelu Foundation Boss Seeks Improved Tax Policies
Tony Elumelu, chairman, Heirs Holdings and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, has called for far reaching Tax reforms and for the National Assembly to urgently pass the Executive Tax bill into law.…
- 19 Dec 2022
Blinken, Tony Elumelu, Rally U.S. and African entrepreneurs, investors & policymakers @U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
About 300 entrepreneurs, investors, and celebrities took part in the opening reception for the US-Africa Leaders Summit, the investment-focused “Innovators Gathering”, honoring the influx of two-way…
- 18 Oct 2014
Elumelu Launches Empowerment Fund
Tony Elumelu, founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation and chairman of Heirs Holdings, has announced the launch of The Elumelu Nigeria Empowerment Fund. The Fund was launched by President of Nigeria…
- 6 Jul 2018
Tony Elumelu Pledges N500m to Delta Sate Focused Entrepreneurship Programme
Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Founder and Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony O. Elumelu, has pledged N500 million to create an entrepreneurship programme exclusive to indigenes of Delta…
- 23 Mar 2026
Tony Elumelu Celebrates 63rd Birthday by Empowering 3,200 Entrepreneurs Across Africa
In a move to reaffirm his commitment to empowering African entrepreneurs, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, UBA Group and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Tony O. Elumelu, CFR, has announced…
- 12 Jul 2015
Elumelu Foundation Holds Bootcamo for 1,000 African Entrepreneurs
As part of Tony Elumelu’s $100 million commitment to empowering African entrepreneurs, 1,000 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs, representing 51 African countries from the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship…
- 2 Nov 2021
Elumelu@ GEN-U Sahel, Says TEF Funded 10, 898 Entrepreneurs across Africa
Tony Elumelu, founder and chairman of Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), has said that the foundation has funded 10, 898 entrepreneurs across Africa, who have gone on to create further 400, 000 direct…
- 31 Jul 2025
Tony Elumelu Lists 3 Things Africa must do to Bridge Infrastructure Gap
Tony Elumelu, group chairman of Heirs Holdings and UBA, has listed strengthening fiscal capacity, driving operational efficiency, and unlocking innovative financing as three key things Africa must do…
- 19 Sept 2018
Elumelu Foundation to Launch TEFConnect for African Entrepreneurs at TEF Forum 2018
The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Africa’s leading entrepreneurship focused philanthropy, is launching the world’s largest digital platform for African entrepreneurs and the African entrepreneurship…
- 26 Jun 2019
Tony Elumelu, Jared Kushner, Other World Leaders Launch US Government Growth Strategy for Palestine and Middle East
Heads of States and other global leaders convened at the Peace to Prosperity Workshop in Bahrain, organised by the Presidency of the United States of America in partnership with the host government,…
- 24 Mar 2015
Elumelu Foundation Selects 1,000 African Entrepreneurs for $100M TEE Programme
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) had announce dthe selection of the first 1,000 African entrepreneurs for the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP). TEEP is a $100 million initiative to…
- 3 Jan 2015
Elumelu Dangles $100m on NextGen African Entrepreneurs
The $100 Million Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP)– an annual programme of training, funding and mentoring, designed to empower the next generation of African entrepreneurs –…
- 21 Dec 2012
Elumelu Makes Top 4 African Business Leaders
Tony O. Elumelu, founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and chairman of Heirs Holdings Limited, has been named one of the four African Business Leaders of the Year, at an awards ceremony hosted by…
- 30 Jun 2022
Heirs Life and Heirs Insurance Sponsors Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund
Africa No Filter, a donor collaborative working to transform stereotypical narratives of Africa, has launched the Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund. Named after African business leader and…
- 2 Feb 2016
Elumelu Urges US Congress to Pass the Electrify Africa Act
Tony Elumelu, chairman, Heirs Holdings and Founder Tony Elumelu Foundation has called on the United States Congress to pass the ‘Electrify Africa Act’ stating that the passage in to law would make a…
- 7 Apr 2021
Youth Restiveness Ticking Time Bomb for Africa, Others- Elumelu
Tony O. Elumelu, chairman of United Bank for Africa, Heirs Holdings and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation stressed the need to unlock the potential of youths in Africa, in order to catalyse the…