Nigeria, March 25 -- In the summer of 2020, I wrote an article titled, "Tony Elumelu: God's Gift to Africa," which was later published as a chapter in my book, 'My Lockdown Diary: Reflections on Nigeria and Covid-19 Pandemic.' At the time, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) marked its 10th anniversary and admitted its 6th cohort in the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme.

Elumelu is the chairman of UBA, Africa's global bank, and chairman of Heirs Holdings, an African investment conglomerate with interests in financial services, healthcare, insurance, energy, hospitality, power, real estate, and technology.

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