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Practical Experience a Must: Student-Run Businesses at ALA
How do we teach entrepreneurship at ALA? The only way we can: through practical hands-on experience! Student-Run Businesses (SRBs) are major components of our...
Vusi Mahlasela Highlights Opening Week
African Leadership Academy students, faculty, staff, and friends celebrated the opening of this amazing new institution on September 5 with a special concert from...
97 Students from 29 Countries Join the Inaugural Class
During the first days of September, 97 pioneering students from 29 countries arrived on campus to form African Leadership Academy’s Inaugural Class. Hailing from...
ALA Admits 106 Students from 29 Nations to Inaugural Class of...
African Leadership Academy today announced that 106 young leaders (53 girls and 53 boys) from 29 nations have been admitted to the Inaugural ALA...
400 Finalists Named from 1700 Applicants; Founder Chris Bradford Speaks About...
African Leadership Academy announced today that it had received a total of 1700 applications from students in 36 countries across Africa and around the...
ALA and Cisco Announce Creation of Cisco Scholars Program!
African Leadership Academy today announced the creation of the “Cisco Scholars” program. This program will be funded by the Cisco South Africa Education Trust,...
ALA Founder Fred Swaniker Speaks at TED Global Conference in Tanzania
On June 7, 2007, ALA Founder Fred Swaniker addressed the attendees of the TED Global Conference in Arusha, Tanzania. TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is...
Chris Khaemba Named Inaugural Dean
Christopher S. Khaemba, 47, is currently Principal of Alliance Boys’ High School on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. In 2006, Alliance was the highest...
ALA Co-Founders Chris Bradford and Fred Swaniker Named 2006 Echoing Green...
In June, co-founders Chris Bradford and Fred Swaniker were named as two of the “15 best emerging social entrepreneurs in the world” by New...
ALA Recognized as One of the World's Most Exciting and Innovative...
African Leadership Academy was recently selected as a finalist in two of the most prestigious social venture competitions in the world-the Echoing Green Fellowship...
