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- 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…
- 21 Mar 2024
Tony Elumelu Foundation Set to Unveil 2024 Cohort of its Flagship Entrepreneurship Programme
Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading philanthropy empowering African entrepreneurs, will announce 1,200 African entrepreneurs across 54 African countries as beneficiaries of its flagship…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 10 Feb 2020
Tony Elumelu Foundation Disburses First $5m Partnership Commitment from AfDB
Tony O. Elumelu, has congratulated the African Development Bank (AfDB), and Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB President on their commitment to African entrepreneurship, with the disbursement of $2.5million seed…
- 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…
- 24 Jan 2018
Elumelu Seeks More Multilateral Organisations’ Support for Entrepreneurship in Africa
Mr. Tony Elumelu, chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), has stressed the need for global organisations and multinational institutions to support the…
- 9 Oct 2018
Tony Elumelu Foundation, GIZ to Empower Young Entrepreneurs in East, West Africa
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading entrepreneurship philanthropy, is partnering with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Government’s…
- 28 Oct 2018
Elumelu at TEF Says Entrepreneurship is the Key to Unlocking Economic Development
5,000 African entrepreneurs, private and public sector leaders and the broader entrepreneurship ecosystem convened in Lagos on Thursday, October 25, 2018 for the annual Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)…
- 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…
- 30 Dec 2019
TEF-UNDP Unveils Final 2,100 Africans for Entrepreneurship Programme
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced a final list of 2,100 African entrepreneurs who will benefit from the inaugural TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme. Tony Elumelu The programme targets…
- 22 Mar 2026
TEF-Backed Entrepreneurs Generate $4.2Bn, Create 1.5m Jobs across Africa
Entrepreneurs backed by the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) have generated more than $4.2 billion in cumulative revenue since the organisation began its grant programme in 2015, according to Somachi…
- 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…
- 16 Nov 2020
Belgium Bestows Highest National Honour on Elumelu
The Kingdom of Belgium has conferred the honorary distinction of Officer in the Order of Leopold, the country’s oldest and most important National Honour on Tony O. Elumelu, Africa’s leading investor…
- 14 Aug 2020
TEF @ International Youth Day, Emphasizes Youth Engagement in Global Action Agenda
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) joined the United Nations and other global organisations to mark the International Youth Day on August 12, with a line-up of pan-African speakers discussing the…
- 5 Jan 2023
Tony Elumelu Foundation Opens Portal for 2023 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme
Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) — an African private-sector-led philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs has opened it's portal to accept applications for the 2023 cohort of the TEF…
- 2 Aug 2020
Elumelu Advocates Collaborations to Boost Africa's Fortunes
Tony O. Elumelu, group chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has said that the Corona virus pandemic has presented a perfect opportunity for foreign investors to invest in Africa, owing to the…
- 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),…
- 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…