;)
Meet Zambia’s young entrepreneurs ready to take on the world
Posted by khethiwe qotyana on 23 March 2018, 14:35 SAST
So what does Njavwa Mutambo, Tuliswensi Sinyangwe, Chaka Ng’ambi and Byenda Nkwanda have in common?
Well, they are all young enterprising Zambians and they are all alumni of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEP).
Launched in 2015, the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme is the largest African philanthropic initiative devoted to entrepreneurship and carries the foundation’s 10-year, $100 million vision to identify and empower 10,000 African entrepreneurs.
Founded by Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu, a Nigerian economist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, the United Bank for Africa and Transcorp, the Foundation targets to create a million jobs, and add $10 billion in revenues to Africa’s economy.
The TEP alumni network comprises all Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs who have successful completed a 12-week training programme.
The four are part of several Zambians who have attended the mentorship programme between 2015 and 2016 and have each received between US$5,000 and US$10,000 seed capital to grow their businesses.
Just in March this year, 21 Zambians were among the 1,000 African entrepreneurs selected for the 2017 edition of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Programme out of 93,000 applicants from across 55 African countries.
https://www.lusakatimes.com/2017/05/18/meet-zambias-young-entrepreneurs-ready-take-world/
