Redcross and Tony Elumelu have come to an agreement to empower Entrepreneurs from Nigeria’s North East and Niger Delta regions. The partnership aims to address the economical cries of the communities affected by armed conflict or violence, through innovative interventions, TEF, which recently opened applications for its latest annual entrepreneurship programme, said.
“We have been looking for a reliable partner in Africa, where over 40% of our work is, to help us develop a sustainable programme that would help people affected by conflict or violence create income-generating activities. After analysis and discussion with affected communities, we decided to support start-ups with innovative ideas in the area of agriculture, healthcare, micro-finance, construction, commerce, and fashion, generated by men and women of all walks of life, with or without prior education,” said ICRC Deputy Director for Africa, Patrick Youssef.
“This initiative is complementary to the existing $100 million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, a tried and tested approach to creating a sustainable impact that has seeded, mentored and trained 3,000 African entrepreneurs, generated revenue and created jobs across all 54 African countries. Out of this number, 1,593 entrepreneurs – over 50% – are Nigerian citizens,” said TEF Founder, Tony O. Elumelu, CON.
The Chosen entrepreneurs from these two regions will each receive funding of up to $5000 from a separate endowment of $1,000,000, as non-returnable seed capital to implement their business ideas, after undergoing business training and mentoring. The beneficiaries of this programme will be notified alongside the announcement of the successful 1000 entrepreneurs in the 4th cycle of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, on 22nd of March 2018.
Source Credits Disrupt-Africa
