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# Tony O. Elumelu

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## Tony O. Elumelu


Tony O. Elumelu is Chairman of Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF). He was recognized by _TIME_ as one of the 100 most influential people of 2020.


## Tony O. Elumelu


* ![Tony Elumelu meets a climate-action beneficiary of the Tony Elumelu Foundation \(TEF\) Entrepreneurship Program.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta250940a7452a729/698a89f09862f5387c89ac15/458955908_18453797710037569_8112968380854391332_n-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 16, 2024  
### [Column: Youth Entrepreneurs Are Key To Climate Action in Africa](https://time.com/7093611/youth-entrepreneurs-climate-action-africa/)  
Fostering entrepreneurship is a crucial pathway to achieving long-term climate solutions.  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)
* ![Tony O. Elumelu addressing the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs at the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum 2016, which held in Lagos, Nigeria in October.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6a9326bfdb6acf5/6988af57bc6cfc14903df633/unknown.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 29, 2016  
### [Germany's New 'Marshall Plan' Must Treat Africa as an Equal Partner](https://time.com/4578809/marshall-plan-for-africa/)  
It will require rethinking development  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Xi Jinping, President of China, speaks at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 26, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5204e10f8bb54e8f/698865e0a988ca30c16b4948/un1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 29, 2015  
### [What the U.N.'s New Development Goals Mean for Africa](https://time.com/4052700/un-sustainable-development-goals-africa/)  
The private sector must play a key role for them to succeed  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Tony O. Elumelu with the 1,000 entrepreneurs representing 51 African countries from the 2015 class of the $100 million Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme during the entrepreneurship boot camp in Ota, Nigeria in July.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f40be60ad87ba6b/6988639bab6d771fdf6a629c/elumelu.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 15, 2015  
### [Progress in Africa Will Help Ease the Global Migrant Crisis](https://time.com/4033366/progress-in-africa-will-help-ease-the-global-migrant-crisis/)  
'Africapitalism' is the key to creating more economic opportunities in Africa  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  

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