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#TEFforum2018: AkuffoAddo, Kenyatta Laud Tony Elumelu for Investing in Young African Entrepreneurs
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residents Nana Akuffo Addo of Ghana and Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya have both described the investments in African entrepreneurs, by Philantrophist Mr Tony O. Elumelu, CON as apt and the right path for the economic transformation of the region. They shared this at the just concluded fourth edition of the Tony Elumelu Foundation forum for 1,460 entrepreneurs in Lagos. Kenyan President Mr Uhuru Kenyatta who joined the event via a video broadcast described the initiative as a remarkable step by Nigerian business leader, to empower African entrepreneurs to be change agents in the region. He challenged the young entrepreneurs to seize opportunities & turn
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them into successes, believing that they are a generation that knows no borders in exploration. The Kenyan leader used the occasion to call on African gover n ments to g ive top priority to enterprise studies, which should be integrated into the curriculum of schools and colleges across the continent. Kenyatta noted that a strategic public-private partnership was vital to supporting enterprise development in Africa, even as he acknowledged the fact that the young people are driving positive change through technology. Ghanaian President Mr Nana Akuffo Addo who was the special guest at the 2018 TEF forum said the reason he attended the event, was to support the remarkable work of the Tony Elumelu Foundation in the area
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of entrepreneurship. President Akuffo Addo believes the visioner and founder of the initiative Mr Tony O. Elumelu, CON was making a very good investment in entrepreneurship; because it will drive the ingenuity, innovation and creativity of the young entrepreneurs in Africa. The Ghanaian leader shared that strong market economies prov ide the platfor m for economic development and entrepreneurship is the gateway for achieving it. He alluded to the point raised by his Kenyan counterpart that strategic collaboration between the public and private sector will go a long way in boosting enterprise development in the region.
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