TEF to Host Third Annual Entrepreneurship Forum

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) yesterday announced that the third annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum will take place from October 13-14 in Lagos.

This would be the first year the invitation to the forum will be open to non-TEF entrepreneurs and would allow SMEs from across Africa to attend and form networks, share knowledge, connect with investors, link with corporate supply chains and influence policy makers and business leaders in attendance.

“Since launching the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme – and committing $100 million to empowering 10,000 African entrepreneurs in a decade – we have unleashed our continent’s most potent development force – its entrepreneurs,” TEF Founder, Tony Elumelu, said at a media briefing in Lagos yesterday.

“In just three years, our 3,000 entrepreneurs have created tens of thousands of jobs and generated considerable wealth. On October 13 and 14, we invite the global entrepreneurship community to Lagos toward the realisation of a New Africa, a thriving, self-reliant continent capable of replicating the results we have seen in our ground-breaking programme.”

The two-day event features plenary panels, masterclasses, and sector specific networking opportunities as well as policyled talks focused on improving the enabling environment for African businesses.

Also, TEF Chief Executive Officer Parminder Vir OBE said: “This is the first year we have opened the Forum up to include not just the 1,000 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs from the 2017 cycle of our Programme, but the full pan-African entrepreneurship ecosystem. In doing so, we are allowing disparate SME communities to come together and expand the possibilities for intra-African partnerships. I urge policymakers and investors to join us at the Forum as we empower the next generation of African business titans.”