The
Tony O. Elumelu amphitheatre at the UBA house on the marina in Lagos was filled
to the brim yesterday. The packed house began to assemble as early as 2 pm in
anticipation of the lecture that was to be delivered by the Chairman of UBA
group at 3pm that afternoon.
Tony Elumelu’s success story is now widely known. Not only in his home country of Nigeria, but across the globe. The philanthropist who is empowering youths across the African continent through his $100 million endowment fund has been changing lives positively. Elumelu’s theory of Africapitalism is becoming today’s watch- word.
The MDGs didn’t meet their objectives of alleviating
poverty, but the billionaire economist is doing his best to ensure that the
continent moves towards self - sustainability through empowerment. Enough of
aid says Elumelu. ‘Nobody can empower Africans but Africans themselves’. He is
definitely helping change the narrative positively.
A
charismatic leader who successfully led the biggest banking merger in Nigeria
in 2005 and has been at the top of many conglomerates including his own Heirs
Holdings group, Tony Elumelu definitely knows what it takes to be a leader.
A
citation was read as he walked into the room full of over 200 UBA group
executives, and associates of the bank. But when Tony took the stage, he wasn’t
impressed by the accolades. ‘I don’t need all of this’ he said humbly.
‘Leadership must always go with humility. When you get leadership, you need to
become automatically humble in order to succeed. You all already know who I am
but I would like to tell you the story of my journey to success’.
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