EdTech Pioneer Tom-Chris Emewulu Aims for Guinness World Record

Ghana-based Nigerian social entrepreneur, Tom-Chris Emewulu, is working to break the Guinness World Record for the longest interviewing marathon, aiming for an impressive 96 hours. The current longest interviewing marathon of 55 hr and 24 seconds is held by Chizoba Clara Kronborg, a Nigerian based in Marbella, Spain. She achieved this record from 8th to 10th March 2024.

Emewulu aims to break that record through this year’s edition of Student Entrepreneurship Week, a growth-focused startup event he established in 2018 to help budding entrepreneurs learn from investors and experienced entrepreneurs from Africa, the US, the UK, and beyond. The interviewing marathon is scheduled for October 28-31 at SFAN Head Office, King Solomon’s Height, 26 Mango Street, Spintex, Accra.

Tom-Chris plans to use this Guinness World Record attempt to mobilize scholarship tuition for 100 young Africans aged 16-35 kick-starting their careers through ReadyforWork, a digital career accelerator he and his team launched at the 2021 edition of the entrepreneurship week.

Apply to speak, contribute to ReadyforWork tuition scholarship, and join this history in the making! Visit: https://sfanonline.org/events/gsew

Tom-Chris Emewulu is a venture builder, social entrepreneur, policy analyst, and the visionary behind Ghana’s alternative education company, Stars From All Nations (SFAN). He spent the last 10+ years of his career working with several global entrepreneurs and executives to fuel innovation at the intersection of technology and social impact, including educating +20K students about the path to gainful employment.

An exceptional, multi-talented leader, Tom-Chris has provided expertise in growth marketing, youth employment, fundraising, and entrepreneurship development to organizations such as GIZ, UNIPaaS, Hily, Seedstars, British Council, Chargeflow, and Young African Leaders Initiative West Africa, to name a few. The results of his work for the Mastercard Foundation, through Arizona State University, in 2020 were used to inform strategies for offering digital mentorship across the African continent.

With over a decade of entrepreneurial expertise and a skillful approach to enhancing user experience, Tom-Chris excels in leveraging actual customer needs to craft new products. His ability to identify opportunities for improving existing systems reflects his commitment to providing innovative solutions that empower organizations and their stakeholders. His clients have capitalized on his works to secure 6-8 figure deals.

Tom-Chris has maintained an avid presence in the fashion and creative design industry in the last 12 months, collaborating with executives and fashion buyers in companies such as Sprayground, McKinsey, H&M, BTSDI, and IFFAC. In 2023, Tom-Chris served as Program Manager and Entrepreneur in Residence for the African Fashion Futures Incubator, leading a team of Swiss and African operators. He guided 14 niche, high-growth designers from Nigeria, Ghana, and Rwanda through rigorous business development programming, culminating in 12 finalists being awarded $5,000 grants each. 100% of the fashion designers expressed satisfaction with his work.

Emewulu cares deeply about how data can empower young Africans, a desire that led him to establish Ghanaʼs premier digital career accelerator, ReadyforWork. The impact of his work has earned him several recognition and features on platforms like the New York Times Square, Forbes, DW, Business Insider, SABC, Next Billion, and more. Tom-Chris is the author of Breaking the Limits. He is a pioneering member of the World Bank Youth Voices Committee.