Nigeria: IMF Appoints Tony Elumelu to Global Advisory Council

Mr Elumelu, Founder and Group Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Chairman of Transcorp Group and United Bank for Africa (UBA), is widely recognised for his advocacy of entrepreneurship as a tool for economic transformation in Africa.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appointed Nigerian entrepreneur and philanthropist Tony Elumelu to its newly established Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship and Growth.

The appointment was disclosed in an official statement issued on Friday.

The council,…