Nigeria Tycoon Funds 1,000 African Entrepreneurs

The selected entrepreneurs have been chosen to become part of Tony Elumelu's vision of creating one million new jobs within the next 10 years across the continent.

L-R: Director, Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP), Parminder Vir; Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu; CEO, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Reid Whitlock; and CEO and Founder of Java Foods, Zambia and Member Selection Committee TEEP, Monica Musonda during the official announcement of the selection of the first 1,000 African entrepreneurs for the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) in Lagos yesterday.

L-R: CEO, Spotone Global Solution, Senegal and Member, Selection Committee, Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP), Mariéme Jamme; Director, TEEP, Parminder Vir; Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu; CEO, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Reid Whitlock; CEO and Founder of Java Foods, Zambia and Member, Selection Committee, TEEP, Monica Musonda; Founder and Chair of Believe in Africa, Cameroon and Member, Selection Committee, Angelle Kwemo during the official announcement of the selection of the first 1,000 African entrepreneurs for the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) in Lagos yesterday

Tony Elumelu.

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