Tony O. Elumelu, C.O.N, Chairman at Heirs Holdings in Nigeria, pens an article on how African entrepreneurs are being supported by financial services to create a strong economic system on the continent. He describes how his institution has supported more than 10,000 African entrepreneurs over the last 10 years with funding and mentoring. The prosperity of SMES in the private sector is seen as important to Elumelu, stating that “governments and corporates alone cannot create the millions of jobs that the continent desperately needs; only small businesses can.”