Red Cross And Tony Elumelu Foundation Partner To Empower 200 Additional Entrepreneurs In Nigeria’s North East And Niger Delta

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) signed a memorandum of understanding today to empower 200 entrepreneurs from Nigeria’s North East and Niger Delta regions. Their partnership aims to holistically address, through innovative interventions, the economic plight of communities affected by armed conflict or violence.

Only African entrepreneurs can truly tackle the poverty, unemployment and insecurity we see across the continent today. So, we at the Tony Elumelu Foundation have declared war against poverty, and entrepreneurship is our primary weapon! This is how we transform Africa’s Economy. This is how we end poverty. 

This is Africapitalism.

For further information:
Aleksandra Matijevic Mosimann, ICRC Abuja, tel: + 234 703 595 4168
or visit our website: www.icrc.org
Bolanle Omisore, TEF, tel: +234 814 590 0809
or visit our website: www.tonyelumelufoundation.org

#TEF2018 Learn more about the partnership here: https://lnkd.in/g6tQe3U