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ALA Students Sweep 2012 Science Olympiad
ALA students swept the stage at the Southern Africa Science Olympiad, held on June 28th, 2012.
Our students represented four of the top five performers...
ALA Graduates its third cohort of students
On the evening of Friday, June 15, ninety students graduated from the African Leadership Academy, making it the third class to officially graduate from...
Graduation Week
At ALA, graduating is no small affair, and extends far beyond the formal graduation ceremony. In fact, the graduation ceremony is the culmination of...
ALA Coca-Cola Scholars Induction Day
The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation hosted the eight ALA students sponsored by the foundation (the ‘Coke Scholars’) at Coca Cola’s offices on June 6th, as...
Two ALA student teams win $10,000 Kathryn Davis Prize for Peace
ALA graduates continue to work together even after graduation, and are rewarded for their pioneering work.
Two teams of ALA graduates from the inaugural class...
From South Sudan to Yale: ALA Student in The New York...
“Talent is universal, but opportunity is not.”
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof profiled ALA graduate Paul Lorem on March 29, 2012.
The article describes Paul...
ALA Ideas Festival Coming Soon! March 24, 2012
Five students and an educator from the African Leadership Academy (ALA) are launching the first-ever ALA Ideas Festival, Entrepreneurial Leadership: Empowering the Youth, to inspire their...
Careers Day at Colgate Palmolive
There was a tangible sense of excitement as the entire second year class trekked out to Gold Reef City Amusement Park for Colgate-Palmolive Careers...
Echoing Green Fellows Visit ALA Campus
On February 9, ALA was pleased to welcome Echoing Green President Cheryl Dorsey and twenty-four Echoing Green fellows to campus, as a part of their week-long...
ALA Awarded Siebel Scholars Impact Award
African Leadership Academy is among the recipients of the 2012 Siebel Scholars Impact Award, a program designed to inspire, reward, and accelerate Siebel Scholars’...
Google "Gives Back" to ALA
African Leadership Academy (ALA) has been awarded a $500,000 grant by Google.org as part of its Google Gives Back campaign. The grant funding will be used...
ALA Founder Fred Swaniker on CNN
ALA founder Fred Swaniker was interviewed on CNN’s African Voices this past October.
The interview ranged across his childhood and how that led him to...
Carly Fiorina Kicks Off New School Year
Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett Packard was the guest of honor at the Convocation celebration of the new school year, giving a special...
