March 22, 2016/Tony Elumelu Foundation The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) announces the selection of 1,000 entrepreneurs for the 2nd round of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP). Launched in 2015, TEEP is the largest African philanthropic initiative devoted to entrepreneurship and represents a 10-year, $100 million commitment, to identify and […]
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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Concludes First Leg of Fact-Finding Mission with President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa
Credit: Department of Commerce USA February 3, 2016 On Tuesday, January 26, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker concluded the first leg of her fact-finding mission in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. She was joined by a group of senior U.S. business executives who comprise the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa […]
Tony Elumelu Applauds US Congress for passage of ‘Electrify Africa Act’
February 2, 2016/Heirs Holdings Leading investor and Chairman, Heirs Holdings, UBA Plc and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu has applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for the passage of the “Electrify Africa Act,” which took nearly three years trying to get the measure through both chambers […]
