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Agriculture, Electricity, Entrepreneurship will create jobs in Africa, says Elumelu

24/7/2017/Heirs Holdings The Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu, CON, has called on African leaders and development institutions to help address the deepening job and employment crisis bedevilling the continent by lending support and paying more attention towards the agricultural sector, creating access to electricity and developing entrepreneurship. […]

Etisalat Group severs ties with Nigeria’s EMTS

July 21, 2017/Punch The United Arab Emirates-based Etisalat Group said it will terminate all rights granted to the Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited and EMTS lenders to use its Etisalat brand on Friday, July 21, 2017. The Group, in a letter with ref rence number HO/GCFO/152/105, which was addressed to the […]

VC4A research proves founder teams are key to startup success in Africa

July 20, 2017/Venture Capital for Africa Data from VC4A’s new ‘2017 Venture Finance in Africa’ research (www.VC4A.com/research) proves that a strong team of founders is the key driver of startup success in Africa. In this year’s study VC4A (https://VC4A.com) aims to better understand the critical success factors for African startups […]