How Tony Elumelu Is Celebrating His Birthday

Wealth creator at the forefront of positively changing the narrative about of Africa, Tony Elumelu is a year older today – Friday, February March 22, 2024.

And true to type, the Chairman of the financial service group that is operating in 20 countries across Africa, the United Kingdom, France, UAE, and is the only African bank with a commercial deposit-taking presence in the United States – United Bank for Africa (UBA) chose to celebrate in a manner that has immediate and long term gains for persons, groups, communities, countries and the continent.

The king of commerce and champion across different sectors of the economy tells how he is celebrating his 61 birthday in a narrative that reads…

“+1 today and no better way to celebrate than announcing the 2024 beneficiaries of The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programmme.

Over 1,000 young men and women from all 54 African countries who will each receive a non refundable seed capital of $5,000 to help start their own businesses.

This journey began 10 years ago by Awele and I , with a vision to democratize luck and transform lives across Africa .

So, today is about Impact, Reflection, and Gratitude”

He shared the narrative on social media along with the featured pictures and the hashtag #TOEWay

Founded in 2010, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), is a leading philanthropy empowering a new generation of African entrepreneurs, catalysing economic growth, driving poverty eradication and driving job creation across all 54 African countries.

Since its inception, the Foundation’s flagship programme has identified and catalysed nearly 16,000 entrepreneurs and created a digital ecosystem of over one million Africans, as part of a ten year US$100m commitment to fund, mentor and train young Africans.

Today’s happening that signposts the change maker’s birthday further entrenches the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s commitment to supporting entrepreneurship as a catalyst for driving poverty eradication.