The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced 1,104 successful candidates for the 10th cohort of its entrepreneurship programme. The successful candidates from all 54 African countries will receive a “non-refundable seed capital” of $5,000 to scale-up their businesses. Making the announcement in Lagos on Friday, Tony Elumelu, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the foundation, said the event was “significantly chosen” to also commemorate his 61st birthday.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced 1,104 successful candidates for the 10th cohort of its entrepreneurship programme . The successful candidates from all 54 African countries will receive a “non-refundable seed capital ” of $5,000 to scale-up their businesses. Making the announcement in Lagos on Friday, Tony Elumelu, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the foundation, said the event was “significantly chosen” to also commemorate his 61st birthday.
Elumelu added that over 20,000 youths in Africa have received over $100 million in the last 10 years from the foundation. “I welcome you all to this event, today, I am plus 1, and for my family and I, we thought that there was no better way than announcing the 10th cohort of the 2024 Tony Elumelu entrepreneurship programme beneficiaries,” he sai
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