{"id":26503,"date":"2018-09-20T08:33:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T07:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=26503"},"modified":"2018-09-20T08:33:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T07:33:09","slug":"tony-elumelu-foundation-to-launch-worlds-largest-digital-platform-for-african-entrepreneurs-at-tef-forum-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/tony-elumelu-foundation-to-launch-worlds-largest-digital-platform-for-african-entrepreneurs-at-tef-forum-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Elumelu Foundation To Launch World\u2019s Largest Digital Platform For African Entrepreneurs At TEF Forum 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">Africa\u2019s leading entrepreneurship focused philanthropy, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, is launching the world\u2019s largest digital platform for African entrepreneurs and the African entrepreneurship ecosystem \u2013\u00a0 TEFConnect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">TEFConnect will officially be unveiled at this year\u2019s TEF Forum, taking place\u00a0<span class=\"yiv7575389652MsoHyperlink\">on October 25th, 2018 in<\/span>\u00a0Lagos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">Harnessing and building on the success of Africa\u2019s largest entrepreneurship catalyst, the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme, which has attracted over 300,000 African entrepreneurs as applicants and trained and funded 4,460 to date, the Foundation is further democratising access to opportunity. TEFConnect is an open source platform, which will provide bespoke tools and content to catalyse business development for millions across the continent, through technology and directly applicable content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">Positioned as the \u201cFacebook for African Entrepreneurs\u201d, the TEFConnect platform is a contemporary, intuitive, informative and user-friendly go-to entrepreneurship space, that provides five specific benefits to its users, among others:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\">The one-stop digital home for entrepreneurship ecosystem players, including entrepreneurs, incubators, investors, academia and the private sector, providing news, informative resources, entrepreneurship events and opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\">Creating the space to allow African entrepreneurs to transact across countries and regions in Africa&#8217;s largest digital marketplace, with traffic reaching millions of consumers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\">Access to free business tools such as financial planning calculators, business plan generators and marketing templates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\">Access to the Foundation\u2019s Entrepreneurship Programme Application Form, Enterprise Toolkit and business mentoring by global business leaders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\">Enabling entrepreneurs to promote their businesses to potential investors and other entrepreneurs for cross-border collaboration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">Speaking on the launch of TEFConnect, the CEO of the Foundation, Parminder Vir OBE said: \u201cThe Tony Elumelu Foundation is simply about empowering African entrepreneurs. First, we launched the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, to provde 10,000 African entrepreneurs, over a period of 10 years with seed capital, mentorship and training. Next, we convened the full entrepreneurial ecosystem at the TEF Forum to forment engagement and deliberate discussions to change the narrative of Africa. Now, we are scaling our impact by connecting African entrepreneurship ecosystem on a single platform.\u201d<\/span><\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">The Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu, CON also said: \u201cIn the four years, since the launch of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, we have shown that entrepreneurship can change a continent \u2013 we have invested in people and processes. We have already helped create business successes and brought policy makers into the entrepreneurial dynamic.\u00a0 But in many ways, we are scratching the surface. This year we are broadening our scope, taking the conversation to where interaction is increasingly occurring \u2013 the digital realm. By connecting African entrepreneurs globally on TEFConnect, we are further unleashing the true potential of our entrepreneurs and transforming the continent\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">The 4th TEF Forum will convene Africa\u2019s entrepreneurial ecosystem, including the broad investor community, government and policymakers, leading developmental organisations, private sector representatives, the media and partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">This year\u2019s Forum will also feature an interactive dialogue between the President of Ghana, HE Nana Akufo-Addo and President of Kenya, HE Uhuru Kenyatta, moderated by TEF Founder, Tony Elumelu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7575389652MsoNormal\">\n<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa\u2019s leading entrepreneurship focused philanthropy, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, is launching the world\u2019s largest digital platform for African entrepreneurs and the African entrepreneurship ecosystem \u2013\u00a0 TEFConnect. 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