- 3RD ANNUAL TEF ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM TAKING PLACE OCTOBER 13-14 IN LAGOS, NIGERIA
- 1,300 AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS, BUSINESS LEADERS, POLICYMAKERS FROM 54 COUNTRIES ATTENDING
This is the first year that invitation to the Forum is extended beyond the 1,000 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs from the 2017 cohort, to include selected SMEs, media, hubs, incubators, academia and investors from diverse nations across Africa; from Mauritius to Cape Verde to Kenya and more. Assembled SMEs will build networks, share knowledge, connect with investors and link with corporate supply chains.
TEF Chief Executive Officer Parminder Vir OBE said: “This is the first year we have opened the Forum up to include the full pan-African entrepreneurship ecosystem. In doing so, we are enabling African SME communities to come together and expand the possibilities for intra-African partnerships. I am looking forward to welcoming our invited policy-makers and investors to join us at the Forum, as we empower the next generation of African business leaders.”
Speakers will include:
- Wale Ayeni, International Finance Corporation;
- Stephen Tio Kauma, Afrexim Bank;
- Andre Hue, African Development Bank;
- Stephen M. Haykin, USAID Nigeria;
- Heikke Reugger, European Investment Bank;
- Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, United Nations Development Programme.
The Foundation’s long-term investment in empowering African entrepreneurs is emblematic of Tony Elumelu’s philosophy of Africapitalism, which positions Africa’s private sector, and most importantly its entrepreneurs, as the catalysts for the social and economic development of the continent.
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