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Meet the New Student Government and Discover Their Innovation Agenda
As the medium of communication between African Leadership Academy’s student body and the administration, the Student Government (SG) plays a vital role in entrenching ALA’s identity...

A multi-faceted approach to life and science
When Julia Agudogo graduated in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University in North Carolina earlier this year, she did so with a stellar triumph to...

Smart About Art
Meet the team behind Sm’Artrepreneurs, an ALA Student Enterprise that offers a platform for artists to develop their skills while giving them practical experiences...
GAME ON: How Classroom Play Infuses a Love of Learning
“Education is not the filling of pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
– William Butler Yeats
Mopati Morake, Head of Writing and Rhetoric, is one of...

ALA’s First Senate Candidate: Eddy Oketch
Eddy Oketch is the first graduate of African Leadership Academy to run for public office, having just finished his campaign for Senate in Migori,...

DeJen Launches the Parents Chapter in Kenya and Zimbabwe
On the 18th of November, Kenya Dejen became the 1st parent chapter to hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM) in line with the ALA...

#ALAGivesBack: Support ALA this Giving Tuesday
#GivingTuesday began in the United States six years ago as a simple idea to create a day of giving after the barrage of spending...

Welcome to the (NEW) ALA Newsletter
Welcome to the (new!) newsletter from African Leadership Academy (ALA). This is the first in a regular monthly update we hope you will find...

10 Ways in which ALA’s Pardee Learning Commons Redefines Learning
It’s only fitting that an innovative 21st century campus would house a futuristic learning space. So ALA is justifiably proud of the new Frederick...

Why I Love Our New Learning Commons
I think I enjoy the versatility of the spaces, because we can do much more; we can have group discussions in the conference rooms...

INSIGHT: How Africa’s Youth are Rising to Meet the Continent’s Socio-economic...
By 2035 Africa will have the largest youth workforce in the world. It is the young entrepreneurs that will address the employment gap.”
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10 Funding Opportunities Young Entrepreneurs Can Apply for Now
Struggling to make a start of that surefire venture of yours? If you’re desperate to launch your own business but just don’t have the...

INSIGHT: What Makes a Learning Community?
Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone.” – Moroccan Proverb
Housemaster, sports coach and a teaching fellow in ALA’s mathematics department, Joseph Ekpenyong shares...

