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Seminal Readings at ALA: Building Leadership Through Critical Analysis
It’s a Friday afternoon on the ALA campus, and a small group of Year One students are sitting in a semi-circle, engaged in an...
Distinguished Guest Speaker Dr Musimbi Kanyoro: Education Unveils Our Shared Humanity
“For every year of education added to a girl child, ten years of better decisions are made.” This is one of the powerful impact...
Think Like a Parent, Act Like a Coach
How To Prepare Your Child To Succeed
In Anzisha Prize’s Ten-Year Reflection book, Unlocking Africa’s Hidden Job Creators, we reiterated our belief that entrepreneurship is a solution...
Anzisha Fellow Joins World’s Biggest Start-up Incubator, Station F
Matina Razafimahefa, a 23-year-old Anzisha Fellow and the CEO of Sayna – an innovative EdTech venture in Madagascar-was selected for this year’s Station F incubator. Sayna...
Chmba Ellen Chilemba ‘10 Recognized as 2021 Kofi Annan Changemaker
Chmba Ellen Chilemba ‘10 from Malawi has been selected as one of 12 Kofi Annan Changemakers for 2021. Chmba is a music producer, DJ,...
ALA Alumni Emerge as Prize Winners at Oxford Africa Conference
The Living Machine‘s co-creator Jesse Forrester ’17 and Zambian entrepreneur Mainza Moono ’08 won first and third place respectively in the 2021 Innovation Fair of the...
African Leadership Academy names Bilha Ndirangu next CEO
Bilha comes to ALA after building Africa’s Talking into a pan-African technology leader.
African Leadership Academy is proud to announce that Bilha Ndirangu will serve as its...
ALforEducation Launches Apprentice Program to Shape Future Education Leaders
On May 24th, ALforEducation launched a new, selective Apprenticeship program that aims to prepare the future leaders of Africa’s education sector to lead transformational...
Young Entrepreneur and Apprentice Clare A. Muga Shapes Uganda’s Future Leaders
Though she is already shaping the future of Africa as an entrepreneur, Clare A. Muga will spend this summer as an Apprentice, discovering principles...
Join us for Sherehe!
On July 10, we are hosting our first ever ALA Sherehe and we are excited to bring together our global community once again in a virtual...
In Memoriam: Margaret Ishiyama Raffin
ALA celebrates the life and leadership of Ms. Margaret Raffin, a steadfast supporter who passed away peacefully on 3 April 2021.
Margaret was a friend...
Tough Times Make Tough Minds – Living Emmanuel Manirakiza’s Lessons as...
In July 2012, one of my greatest teachers, Emmanuel Manirakiza ’10, passed away shortly before he was due to depart to the University of...
The Power of Moonshot Thinking – Lessons from Google X
ALA’s Networks Team ran an insightful digital speaker series this past month aimed at addressing various topics of the “Future of Work”. This series,...
