Tony Elumelu Foundation

Tony Elumelu Foundation Unveils $15m Grant for 3,000 Young African Entrepreneurs

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has launched a $15 million grant to support 3,000 young entrepreneurs across 52 African countries. The announcement was...

Tony Elumelu Foundation to Unveil 2025 Class of Emerging Entrepreneurs for TEF Programme

…Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs have collectively created 1.5 million jobs and generated $4.2 billion in revenue The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy...

Tony Elumelu’s Foundation Signs $6m Agreement to Empower Young African Entrepreneurs

The Tony Elumelu’s Foundation has signed a landmark $6 million agreement with the UAE’s Office of Development Affairs and the Khalifa Bin Zayed...

After the plundering of its commonwealth, Nigeria needs resetting for renewal of its socio-economic infrastructure – Elumelu

“We salute the political will and courage that have been found to address the root causes of issues, to introduce policies for the...

Week after Elumelu urges U.S. strategic intervention in Africa, Biden says it’s ready to be counted among Africa’s partners

Following a gauntlet thrown at the U.S. administration by Africa’s leading investor and philanthropist, Tony Elumelu, President Joe Biden has reacted, saying U.S....

Tony Elumelu at an American entrepreneurship forum, links youth unemployment to extremism, insecurity in Africa

Africa’s leading philanthropist, investor and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu, has identified youth unemployment as one of the major...

Power outage, diesel price hike, frightening food inflation, Elumelu laments state of the nation

Nigerian economist, businessman, and philanthropist, Tony Elumelu, has lamented the current parlous state of the country’s economy. Elumelu, who bemoaned the worsening epileptic...

In a major intervention, Tony Elumelu Foundation splashes $5,000 dollars on each of 5,000 2021 African young entrepreneurs

The Tonyelumelufoundation.org (TEF), the leading philanthropy empowering  young African entrepreneurs across African countries, has unveiled 4,949 entrepreneurs for the 2021 TEF  Entrepreneurship Programme.The beneficiaries...

TEF Entrepreneurship Program

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

    The Tony Elumelu Foundation, a leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs, says it will on November 12, 2021 announce 2021 TEF...

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

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A new initiative, Generation Unlimited (GenU) Sahel, has been unveiled by the United Nations in partnership with the Tony...

Philanthropy: Nigeria’s top 10 most generous people

Pioneering American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie once set the standard for giving back: “No man can become rich without himself enriching others,” he said....

Video: Inside Africa’s Foremost Philanthropist Tony Elumelu’s home in Ikoyi

  Tony Elumelu is a renowned Nigerian and African entrepreneur, an economist, banker and investor. He is popularly known as the (Current Chairman...

Tony Elumelu Foundation makes 3 key senior executive appointments

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced the appointments of three senior executives, effective from February 1, 2021. The new executives are Somachi...

Women, men empowerment: Tony Elumelu Foundation unveils 2021 Entrepreneurship programme 

In its avowed commitment towards empowering women and men across African continent, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has unveiled the TEF Entrepreneurship programme...

UBA Chairman Tony Elumelu pays courtesy visit to IGP

      Frontline philanthropist and business man Mr. Tony Elumelu (CON) paid a courtesy visit to the Inspector General of Police, IGP...