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Chairman of Heirs Holdings and of the United Bank for Africa
Nigeria · b. 1963
Led the turnaround of Standard Trust Bank and its merger with the United Bank for Africa, which he chairs. He founded Heirs Holdings and the Tony Elumelu Foundation, which funds African entrepreneurs.
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I will start by stating the obvious. No one here questions whether development is desirable. No one questions the inherent need to save lives and help others by giving. However, I believe that we need to rethink the ways in which we help others. We need to give from the perspective of empowering the recipient, instead of making them dependent on us.
Recorded Georgetown University, Washington DC, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, 12 May 2015 source
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