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Tony Elumelu Foundation Selects 1000 Entrepreneurs For 2018 programme

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March 23, 2018
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TEF 2018 – Selection Announcement 8: l-r: Director of Partnerships, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mrs Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu; Member, Board of Trustees, Tony Elumelu Foundation(TEF), Mr. Alex Trotter; Founder , TEF, Mr. Tony Elumelu; CEO, TEF, Parminder Vir; and Member , Board of Trustees and wife of the Founder, Dr Awele Elumelu, during the selection announcement of 1250 entrepreneurs in the 4th ‎cycle of The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s (TEF) 10-year, $100 million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, held in Lagos on Thursday

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L-R: Director of Partnerships, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mrs Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu; Member, Board of Trustees, Tony Elumelu Foundation(TEF), Mr. Alex Trotter; Founder , TEF, Mr. Tony Elumelu; CEO, TEF, Parminder Vir; and Member, Board of Trustees and wife of the Founder, Dr Awele Elumelu,  during the selection announcement of 1250 entrepreneurs in the 4th ‎cycle of The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s (TEF) 10-year, $100 million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, held in Lagos on Thursday.

The Tony Elumelu Foundation has announced the list of 1000 successful African entrepreneurs with the “most innovative, high-potential business ideas” for its 2018 African entrepreneurship programme.

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According to the organiser, more than 150,000 Africans from 114 countries worldwide applied to join the 4th cycle of The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s (TEF) 10-year, $100 million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme.

TEF Founder, Tony O. Elumelu, commented said: “The number and quality of applicants, 151,000 in total, was outstanding – it illustrates the strength and depth of entrepreneurial promise and commitment on our continent. Selection is never easy, and we profoundly regret that we cannot help all. Our partnerships with the Red Cross, UNDP and Indorama, alongside ongoing discussions with other international organisations, reflect the growing global recognition of what we have known all along – that entrepreneurship is the most effective path to sustainable development on our continent and our Programme is the model to follow.”

“There was a near 50-50 split between male and female applications, ‎reflecting the entrepreneurial ambition of Africa’s women. Agriculture was the leading sector among selected entrepreneurs at 30.5%, followed by technology (10.5%) and Education & Training (9%).”

TEF CEO, Parminder Vir,  said: “Over the next nine months, the entrepreneurs will receive online training and mentoring, and will use the skills acquired to develop business plans prior to receiving $5,000 (calculated on the official Central Bank of Nigeria naira equivalent value at the date of selection for the programme) in seed capital.”

‘This will bring TEF’s total Programme investment so far to $15 million in direct funding to entrepreneurs and $5.8 million in Programme & technology development and operations.”

The 2018 cohort includes an additional 250 entrepreneurs to the standard selection of 1,000 with a $1,000,000 partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to support 200 entrepreneurs in conflict and fragile zones of Nigeria (the North East where the Boko Haram scourge is felt and the Niger Delta region which suffers environmental degradation from oil spillage) a $200,000 agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support 40 pan-African entrepreneurs; and a $50,000 partnership with Indorama to support 10 Nigerians.

In January 2018, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) partnered with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) to help launch and manage its $1 million economic empowerment program by supporting 200 entrepreneurs in two violence troubled regions in Nigeria – North East and Niger Delta.

The selected entrepreneurs  are expected to visit the website www.tonyelumelufoundation.org

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