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Faculty and Students Embrace ALA’s Approach to Remote Learning
During the month of March, as the COVID-19 outbreak took off in South Africa, the ALA community set out to implement remote learning for...

Abii-Tah Bih ‘14 Elected Student Body President at Michigan State University.
African Leadership Academy alumnae, Abii-Tah Bih ‘14, from Cameroon, was elected by The 57th General Assembly of the Associated Students of Michigan State University...
#WhatMovesYou? Inspiring Change and Staying Connected through Visual Arts
The world as we know it has changed. As communities around the world grapple with a ‘new normal’ brought about by the devastating COVID-19...

Acha Leke, Edwin Cameron, Others Ignite Conversations through the Executive Seminar...
The COVID-19 global pandemic has affected all spheres of society in unprecedented ways. We believe it is imperative to understand the far-reaching effects of...

Oyindamola Adefisayo ’08: Scientific Research is Key to Ending COVID-19
Oyindamola Adefisayo '08, currently doing her Ph.D. in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis at The Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, speaks on the...

Mary Maker ’19 Supports South Sudanese Refugees with COVID-19 Outreach
Having grown up as a South Sudanese refugee in Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp, Mary Maker '19 understands the plight of other refugees who find...

Six Principles To Guide Our Network’s Response To The Pandemic
A letter from ALA's CEO and co-founder, Chris Bradford on Covid-19.
Dear Friends,
Across Africa, school leaders have spent the past month considering how to best...

Two ALA Students win STEM Competition at Annual Derby Day Event
Each year, students from a group of schools across Southern Africa come together for Derby Day, an activity-filled day comprising a range of sports...

Tanzanian Entrepreneur, Erick Laizer ’19 Develops Phone-Operated Smoke Detector and Security...
After noticing a big problem with fires, electric shocks, and house break-ins in his community in Arusha, Tanzania, first-year student Erick Simon Laizer '19...

Four ALA Students Develop Mobile App to Integrate Sign Language to...
Every year, the African Leadership Academy Entrepreneurial Leadership department hosts an Entrepreneurial Festival, also known as E-Fest, which showcases unique solutions to grand challenges...

The Living Machine: Transforming the Teaching of Science at ALA
The Living Machine, a sustainable wastewater treatment system designed and implemented by African Leadership Academy alumni Wuntia Gomda '17 of Ghana and Jesse Forrester...

Training the Trainer: One Educator’s Professional Development Journey at ALA
Since joining African Leadership Academy six years ago, Jake Galloway has held a variety of roles: Writing & Rhetoric faculty, Entrepreneurial Leadership faculty, and...

Global Advisory Council Member, Ed Brakeman Teaches Impact Investment at ALA
African Leadership Academy Global Advisory Council member, donor and long-term friend, Ed Brakeman, facilitated a workshop on Impact Investment for second year students during...

