World’s thought leader on entrepreneurship launches Dar-es-Salaam chapter
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| The Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO) Tanzania Founding Team with Chapter President, Nicholas Thiede, EO East Africa President Sriram Bharatam (centre) and incoming Global Chairman Gilberto Crombe signals the launch of EO’s newest chapter in Tanzania. EO is a global business network of over 11,000 business owners in 144 countries. (Photo: Our Staff Photographer) |
Founded in 1987 by a group of entrepreneurs, EO enables business owners to learn from one another, leading to greater business success and an enriched personal life. EO’s vision is to build the world's most influential entrepreneur community.
As a global business owner network & association, EO helps to transform the lives of the entrepreneurs who transform the world. EO educates, transforms, and inspires by providing invaluable resources in the form of events, leadership-development programs, and business owner education opportunities designed for business growth.
Over 100 members and guests, including EO members from across East Africa, leading Tanzanian entrepreneurs, thought leaders and VIPs, joined incoming EO Global Chairman, Mr. Gilberto Crombé, to launch the first Tanzanian chapter at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dar-es-Salaam.
Mr. Crombé said “The launching of our newest chapter in Dar-es-Salaam is the perfect highlight to a pan African Tour which took an in-depth, strategic look at the entrepreneurship ecosystems across Lagos/Nigeria, Nairobi/Kenya & Dar-es-Salaam/Tanzania. Leading business owners the world over value support from a peer-to-peer community like EO, which inherently becomes attributed to both their personal and professional successes.”
The keynote address, “Boosting Entrepreneurship in Tanzania,” was given by Patrick Ngowi, Founder & CEO of Helvetic Group and winner of KPMG’s Top 100 Mid-Sized Companies 2013, as well as being on Forbes’ 30 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs in Africa 2014.
Nicholas Thiede, a long-standing EO member and founding President of the Dar-es-Salaam chapter said, “Dar-es-Salaam is home to many of the country’s leading businesses led by highly dynamic entrepreneurs. As a formal network of business owners, EO will enable peer-to-peer exchanges and learning experiences that transcend boundaries such as business sector, business life cycle or geography. Our member companies range from the well established to start-ups, and while the minimum criteria is $1m in turnover per year, most of our member companies are significantly larger.”
Facts About EO Global
- 11,000 entrepreneur members
- 46 countries
- US$536 billion: total EO member company revenues
- 2.4 million: total people employed worldwide by EO member companies
- US$52.3 million: average sales of an EO member company
- According to the most recent World Bank rankings, if EO was a country, it would be the 23rd highest in terms of GDP, between Sweden and Nigeria
- For more information visit www.eonetwork.org
- 2014: EO East Africa founded
- 50: EO East Africa members
- US$200m: Combined revenue of EO Dar-es-Salaam member companies
- Sectors represented by EO Dar-es-Salaam member companies: agriculture, construction, energy, hospitality, insurance, logistics, media, manufacturing, port handling, real estate, technology, telecommunications, and utilities
- Membership is invitation-only
Entrepreneurs’ Organization East Africa | Dar-es-Salaam
Nicholas Thiede, President, dar@eoeastafrica.org , +255 757 988 200
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