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Pages in category "Nigerian social entrepreneurs" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien (born 1972), social entrepreneur; Mary Nzimiro (1898–1993), businesswoman, politician and women's activist; ... List of Nigerian entrepreneurs.
Nkem Okocha is a Nigerian social entrepreneur and activist who founded Mamamoni, [1] a FinTech social enterprise that empowers [buzzword] poor rural and urban slum women with free vocational skills and mobile loans. [2] [3] She is the 2016 winner of the LEAP Africa Social Innovators Programme (SIP) by Union Bank of Nigeria. [4]
A social entrepreneur is an entrepreneur who works to increase social capital by founding social ventures, including charities, for-profit businesses with social causes, and other non-government organizations. These types of activities are distinct from work of non-operating foundations and philanthropists who provide funding and other support ...
The future of the Tony Elumelu Foundation centres on the provision of structured, robust, and multifaceted support to entrepreneurs around Africa through the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme; a 10-year US$100 million commitment to identify, train, mentor and fund 10,000 young African entrepreneurs across 54 African countries.
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (// ⓘ; born 22 March 1975) is a Nigerian entrepreneur, an expert on African agriculture and nutrition, philanthropy, and social innovation. [1] Since April 2, 2024, she has been serving as the CEO of the One Campaign .
This is an annotated list of social enterprises sufficiently notable to have a Wikipedia article, in alphabetical order. For quick navigation, click on one of the letters: For quick navigation, click on one of the letters:
Ashoka identifies social entrepreneurs with solutions to social problems who seek to make large-scale changes to society. Ashoka searches for individuals who have vision, creativity, and determination and are motivated by public gain rather than personal gain. [15] Social entrepreneurs who pass the selection process are called Ashoka fellows. [16]