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167 Kenyans to benefit from $5 million business support fund – Tony Elumelu

167 Kenyans are among 1,000 entrepreneurs in the continent who will benefit from a new $5 million (Sh506.2 million) entrepreneurship support funding programme. The funds have been unveiled by the.

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Delivering Hope to Mothers – Nigerian entrepreneur Adepeju Jaiyeoba

Some 40,000 women in Nigeria stand to die during pregnancy this year. This statistic became a reality for Adepeju Jaiyeoba, 31, when she lost a close friend to childbirth complications.

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7 things you didn’t know about South Africa’s only black billionaire

Patrice Motsepe is a man who quite literally struck gold. In 1997, when the gold market was close to its lowest in the last three decades, he started buying gold.

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Adebayo Ogunlesi, The Nigerian Man Who Bought London’s second largest international airport

Up until February 2010, very few people had heard about Adebayo Ogunlesi. The Nigerian-born investment banker and money manager made international headlines when he led the acquisition of London’s Gatwick.

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How Charles Ebubedike a Nigerian pharmacy student built a global company

Charles Ebubedike conceived the idea for a pharmaceutical company together with classmates on his pharmacy degree course. He tells Stephen Robinson how they developed the company into an international business..

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1000 Africans Attend Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur Boot Camp

A thousand entrepreneurs from 51 African countries gathered in Nigeria for a two-day boot camp hosted by the Tony Elumelu with speeches by a who’s who of African influencers. They.

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Meet Moziah Bridges, 13-Year-Old CEO Successfully Runs 5-Employee, $200,000 in Sales Business

He is only 13, but he has accomplished more in his short years than most have by 30. His bow ties have produced $200,000 in sales, and he has five.

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Dr. Mo Ibrahim – The Man Giving Africa A Brighter Future

A self-made billionaire, Mo Ibrahim was in 2008 named as Britain’s most influential black person. Now he’s working to inspire transparency in African government by giving away millions to the continent’s.

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Meet Nana Kwame Bediako, The 33-Year-Old Ghanaian Making It Big In The Real Estate Business

Who is Nana Kwame Bediako? Born in Ghana and raised in London, Nana Kwame Bediako has managed to build an empire for himself and not just any empire but a.

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Aliko Dangote Looks To The Future: Oil Refineries, Fertilizer, Retirement

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, made his billions in cement and sugar, but looking ahead, he says he’s putting his money in two other sectors that will transform the Dangote.

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