By InvestAdvocate

Lagos INVESTADVOCATE)- The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP)  will today March 23, 2015 announce entrepreneurs selected from all corners of Africa as 1000 members of the TEEP class of 2015.  

“After receiving over 20,000 applications from 52 countries across Africa, the application phase of the $100 million Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) ended on the 1st of March, 2015.

We are now in the final stages of selecting the 1000 members of the TEEP class of 2015 and will be announcing who they are on Monday 23 March, 2015 by 1pm West Africa Time,” a statement on the website of the Foundation said.

The Foundation said in order to celebrate the success of the 1,000 entrepreneurs selected from all corners of Africa, it would like people to share this important news on their networks and on social media via Thunderclap, a new application that allows thousands of people to deliver the same message simultaneously and create an instant buzz.

“Together we’ll join forces to support Africa’s next entrepreneurial success stories, and shine a spotlight on their transformative business ideas.”