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Tony Elumelu Foundation announces 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme beneficiaries on Nov. 12

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The Tony Elumelu Foundation, a leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs, says it will on November 12, 2021 announce 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Program beneficiaries, Persecondnews.com gathered.

The ground-breaking hybrid event holding in Lagos and which be streamed live online will unveil 4,800 African entrepreneurs chosen from all 54 African countries who will be joining the 2021 cohort of the Foundation’s annual programme.

Every year on January 1st, the Tony Elumelu Foundation opens its application portal to African entrepreneurs with businesses of less than five years.

This year’s beneficiaries have been chosen from a pool of over 400,000 applications, selected based on their innovative and impactful business ideas.

In line with the Foundation’s mission to catalyse entrepreneurship in Africa, the selected beneficiaries will consist of both new start-ups and existing young businesses in varying operational stages across different sectors.

Read Also: UN, Tony Elumelu Foundation launch new initiative targeting 100m African youths for empowerment by 2030

As part of TEF’s objectives to ensure that African entrepreneurs are well equipped to build investable and profitable businesses, each beneficiary has undergone world-class business management training and mentorship conducted exclusively on TEFConnect, the Foundation’s proprietary digital platform that provides capacity-building support, advisory and market linkages to over 1 million Africans and counting.

The platform’s unique training curriculum covered insightful topics such as Starting Your Business, Business Management & Fundamentals, Leadership & Business Growth, Marketing Strategy, Product Design, and Selecting & Building a Team, among others.

On the upcoming event, the CEO of Tony Elumelu Foundation, Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, said: “This year, with support from our global partners, we will be scaling our impact and empowering nearly 5000 entrepreneurs.

“A major priority for us at the Foundation for 2021 remains the economic recovery of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) following the Covid-19 disruption to economic activities.

“We are very excited to be unveiling the 2021 cohort of the TEF 2021 Entrepreneurship programme. I believe the $5,000 we are giving to each entrepreneur will address some pressing demands and reduce the burden brought about by the pandemic.”

“Year after year, we are greatly inspired by the tenacity and quality of business ideas that come out of Africa. This only proves that young Africans need organisations like the Tony Elumelu Foundation who are willing to take a chance on them and their ideas”, she said in a statement given to Persecondnews.

The selection announcement will be streamed live via the Foundation’s official YouTube channel here and our Facebook page here.

 

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