By Ndumbe Bell Gaston in Douala
The fourth edition of the annual Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum is set to be hosted on October 25, 2018 in Lagos.
5000 young entrepreneurs are to join leaders of African public and private sectors, global investors and policy makers in a unique opportunity to generate and exchange ideas and forge an interactive network to connect African entrepreneurs and create an entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Guest stars like President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana will join the Founder of the Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu who is to be the moderator of the event. The organisers will also use the occasion to launch TEF Connect which is a digital platform designed to connect African entrepreneurs.
Commenting ahead of the event TEF Founder stated that in just four years they have directly impacted 4,460 entrepreneurs. “In just four years we have directly impacted 4,460 entrepreneurs and we are beginning to see the results like job creation, ripple effects, but most importantly the recognition that Africa’s economic well-being is driven by entrepreneurs female and male, large and small. They are the engine of our continent’s transformation. We will be championing and celebrating them. This year we are truly achieving scale and impact; We received over 150.000 applications in 2017 alone up from 20.000 applications in 2015. We are now calling on the current generation of African success stories and others to partner with us to see how we can all further create impact, genuinely transform millions of lives and increase the number of inspiring stories we will be hearing in Lagos.”
This forum is part of a 10-year programme estimated at $ 100 million commitment to identify, train, mentor and fund 10.000 young African entrepreneurs. Tony Elumelu also has key holdings in UBA.