Three African presidents are expected to join other leaders from various industries for the second day of the 2019 Tony Elumelu Foundation Forum which is being held in Abuja, Nigeria.
The Presidents include Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, Senegal’s Macky Sall and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Felix Tshisekedi.
The 2019 forum is themed ‘Empowering African Entrepreneurs’
Founded in 2010 by Nigerian entrepreneur Tony O. Elumelu, the forum is aimed at removing the obstacles that Africa’s entrepreneurs encounter as they grow their start-ups into small to medium enterprises (SMEs), and their SMEs into national growth companies and their national growth companies into African multinationals.
According to the Africa Development Bank, the Tony Elumelu Foundation has since 2015 committed $100 million to identify, train, mentor and fund 10,000 African entrepreneurs.
Over 5,000 participants are expected to attend the 2019 Forum, which will have discussions on various issues.
Other leaders expected to attend Saturday’s session include the Nigerian vice president Yemi Osinbajo, Nigerian First Lady Aisha Buhari, Guinean First Lady Djena Kaba Conde, Malian First Lady Keita Aminata Maiga, AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina, Ugandan Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda among others.
