Tony Elumelu
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Banking. Elumelu took over the small Standard Trust Bank in Lagos, merged it with the much larger United Bank for Africa in 2005, and took UBA into about 20 African countries, each requiring its own banking licence and local capital. He then founded Heirs Holdings and the Tony Elumelu Foundation, which gives seed funding and training to entrepreneurs across the continent.
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