In an impassioned keynote speech, delivered before global leaders, at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan, African investor and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu CON, challenged the Government of Japan to invest 5% of its…
Tony Elumelu to deliver keynote address at TICAD7 in Japan
Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), will speak at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), taking place in Yokohama, Japan from August 28 –…
We must lift the young ones from poverty to prosperity – Tony Elumelu
Tony O. Elumelu, Founder Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman UBA Group and Heirs Holdings has charged everyone to join hands to lift Nigeria’s youth from poverty to prosperity. He made the call while receiving an Honorary Doctor of Business (Hon…
Tony Elumelu Foundation to announce over 1,000 African entrepreneurs for 2019 programme March 22
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading African philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, will announce the selected applicants for the 2019 cohort of the Foundation’s flagship Entrepreneurship Programme on March 22, 2019. The event, which marks the fifth round…
Tony Elumelu Foundation to launch world’s largest digital platform for African entrepreneurs at TEF Forum 2018
Africa’s leading entrepreneurship focused philanthropy, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, is launching the world’s largest digital platform for African entrepreneurs and the African entrepreneurship ecosystem – TEFConnect. TEFConnect will officially be unveiled at this year’s TEF Forum, taking place on October 25,…
Tony Elumelu pledges N500m to entrepreneurship programme in Delta State
During a Thursday, July 5, 2018 courtesy visit to the Governor of his native Delta State, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Founder and Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony O. Elumelu, CON pledged N500 million to create an entrepreneurship…
Elumelu urges African leaders to prioritise continent’s youth, leapfrog development
Philanthropist and entrepreneur, Tony O. Elumelu, has told African leaders to prioritise their youths in order to leapfrog development on the continent. A statement Tuesday from the Tony Elumelu Foundation said he made the declaration at the International Monetary Fund…
UBA lists on NSE Premium Board
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday, migrated the pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc to its Premium Board after meeting its stringent Corporate Governance Conditions. The Premium Board is the newly created platform for elite companies…