ALA Announces First Members of Inaugural Faculty

African Leadership Academy today announced the first members of the inaugural faculty that will be joining Dean Chris Khaemba on campus beginning this September. The inaugural faculty members join ALA from leading schools and institutions across Africa and around the world. All ALA faculty share a passion for Africa and a common belief that young people can be empowered to change the world.

Three faculty members have thus far been named in the sciences and will be joining ALA from leading schools across the continent. Michael Gyampo, currently head of Science at SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College in Ghana, brings a long track record of success to ALA as Chemistry faculty. Sani Iliyasu, teacher of physics and director of ICT at Loyola Jesuit College, the top secondary school in Nigeria, will shape ALA programs in Physics and Computer Science. Finally, Scott Rubin joins ALA’s Physics and Mathematics faculty from Hillcrest Secondary School in Kenya.

In the humanities, Alexandra Holland joins African Leadership Academy from Sha Tin College in Hong Kong, where she served as Vice Principal and as a teacher of History. A UK citizen who was born in Zambia, Alex is a passionate international educator and has extensive experience traveling and working across Africa and around the world.

Outstanding faculty have also been named to lead African Leadership Academy’s unique programs in Leadership and Entrepreneurship. Peter Myers joins African Leadership Academy from Leadership High School in San Francisco, CA, where he has led the school’s leadership curriculum for the past several years. Jessica Hastings joins African Leadership Academy from IDEO, the internationally renowned design firm. At IDEO, Jessica initiated a group at her company that tackled entrenched challenges like clean water transport and crop irrigation in countries including Kenya, Ethiopia, India, and Cambodia. Since 2007, Jessica has played a key role in the development of the unique entrepreneurship curriculum at African Leadership Academy.

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