Tony Elumelu Foundation Seeks Africans for its 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme Application
World-class business training, mentorship, non-refundable seed capital up to $five,000, and global networking opportunities
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy devoted to empowering African marketers, is currently running programs on its TEFConnect virtual platform (www.Tefconnect.Com) till March 31, 2021, for its 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. This 12 months’s intervention prioritizes the financial recuperation of small and medium scale organisations (SMEs) and young African entrepreneurs, following the Covid-19 disruption to economic activities.
To cope with the specific challenges springing up from the pandemic, lift tens of millions out of poverty and create sustainable employment across the continent, the Foundation’s Entrepreneurship Programme will empower 1,000 younger African marketers, selected from the 2020 cohort. The Foundation may also open applications to an additional 2,four hundred young entrepreneurs in 2021, in collaboration with worldwide partners.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation, which celebrated ten years of effect in 2020, is empowering a new generation of African marketers, via the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. Successful applicants get hold of a international-magnificence commercial enterprise training, mentorship, non-refundable seed capital up to $five,000, and international networking opportunities. The Programme is open to entrepreneurs throughout Africa, both new begin-u.S.And present younger corporations, operating in any area.
CEO of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu said, “The Tony Elumelu Foundation now more than ever is demonstrating our commitment to unleashing the capability of young African marketers, the key to Africa’s long-time period monetary transformation. The pandemic has created challenges across the continent, however we recognise that with the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s tried and tested Programme, we are able to execute the most important Covid-19 monetary recovery plan for African SMEs and spoil the cycle of poverty in Africa.”
The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s $100million Entrepreneurship Programme, released in 2015 to empower 10,000 marketers over 10 years, is now getting into its 7th yr and has empowered to this point, over 9,000 younger African marketers from 54 African countries. Prospective candidates ought to apply on the digital networking hub for African entrepreneurs, www.Tefconnect.Com.
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