Lagos, Nigeria – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship, concluded its 3rd annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum on 14th of October 2017 in Lagos, Nigeria. Launched in 2015, the Forum was born out of the Foundation’s $100 million commitment to identify, train, mentor and fund 10,000 African entrepreneurs, over a decade, through the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. “Africa’s development, which must be private-sector led and entrepreneurial driven, will have at its heart, young African innovators and their transformative ideas. We have united the African entrepreneurship ecosystem, putting the entrepreneurs at centre stage. Addressing the 3rd cohort of TEF entrepreneurs the Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo said - “This generation of young people will do the exceptional.

Source: Front Page Africa October 16, 2017 02:48 UTC