Tony Elumelu Foundation announces Full list of Selected TEF2022 Entrepreneurs - See List

The Foundation Wrote. We have just announced the 2022 cohort of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme, and for the first time ever, our selection announcement was held outside of Nigeria, in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa. Back in 2015, when we set out to empower 10,000 African entrepreneurs over 10 years, through our founder, Mr. Tony O. Elumelu’s USD$100million family commitment. We never expected that after only 7 cycles of our entrepreneurship programme, we would have catalysed a global movement to democratize luck and economic hope across Africa. It is my pleasure to announce that today, we have disbursed over USD$85million to over 18,000 African entrepreneurs, as a part of our commitment to unlock prosperity in our continent through jobs creation, poverty alleviation and women inclusion. These young women and men, through their innovation and creativity, are creating jobs and wealth, ultimately transforming Africa - one community at a t