Tag: Tony Elumelu

Why I established $3.5m green entrepreneurship program - Elumelu
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Why I established $3.5m green entrepreneurship program – Elumelu

Billionaire industrialist, Tony Elumelu, has explained why he initiated the $3.5 million green entrepreneurship program. Elumelu stated through his official Twitter on Friday tweeted that he embarked on the initiative in order to lessen the effects of the climate crisis. He stated that the UNICEF, Generation Unlimited, and IKEA Foundation had joined forces with the Tony Elumelu Foundation […]

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Elumelu’s firm acquires 70m units of UBA shares

A private equity firm, HH Capital, founded by a Nigerian billionaire and the chairman of the Board of Directors of United Bank for Africa, Tony Elumelu has acquired 70 million units of shares of UBA. According to The Punch, the acquisition was disclosed through a corporate filing made on Wednesday on the Nigerian Exchange Limited. […]

Otedola asks top First Bank official to resign over 'wasteful party'
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How Tony Elumelu took my UBA, Transcorp shares – Otedola

Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, on Tuesday morning, went down memory lane on his relationship with Tony Elumelu and his plans for Transcorp before he opted out because his bid was rejected.   Otedola noted that he offered to acquire Transcorp Plc for N250 billion and take the company’s market capitalisation to N2 trillion but his […]

Tony Elumelu Foundation to support female farmers
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Investing in Africa’s power sector’ll alleviate poverty – Elumelu

The Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, has called on the private sector stakeholders to ensure adequate investments in Africa’s power sector in order to alleviate poverty.   Elumelu, who is also the chairman of Transcorp Power Limited, made this statement on Monday, while receiving the discharge certificate of the Ughelli power plant.   The […]

Osinbajo hands Transcorp certificate of discharge
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Osinbajo hands Transcorp certificate of discharge

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday presented a discharge certificate to the chairman of Transcorp Power Limited, Tony Elumelu, who is the major investor in the Ughelli Power Plant. The Punch reported that during this presentation which was held in Abuja, Osinbanjo highlighted the need for significant private-sector investment in Nigeria’s power sector to meet […]

Oil production: Angola, Libya overtake Nigeria, says OPEC
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OPEC quota: Elumelu disagrees with Sylva over low oil sector investment

Nigeria’s billionaire businessman, economist, and philanthropist, Tony Elumelu, on Thursday argued that the reason why Nigeria had been unable to meet its oil production quota as approved by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries was not because of low investment but theft. Elumelu’s position is contrary to the views expressed by the Minister of State […]