Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has, on Friday, published the names of selected applicants for the 2019 entrepreneurs Programme.
The event which is slated to take place in Nigeria’s capital, would marks the 5th round of the Foundation’s Entrepreneurship Programme.
The announcement was made at the ongoing TEFSelection – Meet the 2019 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs in Abuja on Friday.
Out of the 216,000 submitted applications, the foundation selected 3050 applicants for the 5th cohort entrepreneurship programme.
Station Magazine understands that annually, the Tony Elumelu Foundation opens its application portal to African entrepreneurs, with businesses of less than three years old. Through its $100million Entrepreneurship Programme, the Foundation empowers 1,000 entrepreneurs annually, who receive $5,000 in non-refundable seed capital, access to mentors, a 12-week training programme and opportunities to promote their businesses to a global audience.
Yhe foundation has empowered 4000 African entrepreneurs directly and an additional 470 entrepreneurs supported by the Foundation’s partners through the 4 years of the foundation existance.
The foundation’s incoming CEO, Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, stated that each year “we see a significant uplift in applicants”.
She added that their partners are reviewing and finalising the applications. “Over 215,000 African entrepreneurs applied from across 54 African countries, up from 151,000 applications last year, with an increase in female representation from 62,000 in 2018 to 90,000 in 2019,” she said.
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