UNCLE TONY GETS ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

Chairman of Heirs Holding, Tony Elumelu was honoured for the second time as the “Africa Business Leader of the Year” at the 8th annual Ai CEO Investment Summit and awards that took place at Thomson Reuters, New York.

Uncle Tony as I fondly call him, emerged winner from a nominee list of notable business leaders in the continent including James Mwangi, CEO Equity Bank, Kenya; Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Dangote Group;  Brian Joffe, CEO, Bidvest Group, South Africa; Strive Masiyiwa, Chairman and Founder Econet; Patrice Motsepe, Founder and Chairman of African Rainbow Minerals, South Africa; Christo Wiese, South Africa’s retail tycoon and owner of Shoprite; Chris Kirubi, Chairman of Centum Investment Company Limited, Kenya; Reginald Mengi, Executive Chairman and owner IPP Limited, Tanzania and Sudhir Ruparelia, Chairman, Ruparelia Group, Uganda.

He won the award based on his financial, intellectual and moral investment in entrepreneurship, and his drive to tackle poverty on the African continent through the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) - A $100 million initiative that seeks to create 10,000 African entrepreneurs over a 10-year period.

Heirs Holdings – A proprietary investment firm , chaired by Mr. Elumelu was also honoured for “Best Initiative in Support of SMEs and the Millennium Development Goals at the Ai awards ceremony.


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