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African Leadership Academy announces the Andrew Arkutu Fellowship
The African Leadership Academy is proud to announce the launch of the Andrew Arkutu Fellowship, which is funded generously by the families of Drs. Edo...
ALA Alumnus Mope Khati ’11 Wins Seat in Lesotho Parliament
The African Leadership Academy congratulates alumnus Mope Khati ’11, who has won a seat in the recent Lesotho national elections. A candidate for the...
Fred Swaniker Delivers the Inaugural Frederick Pardee Memorial Lecture
The African Leadership Academy community gathered on September 20th to celebrate the life of philanthropist and investor Frederick S. Pardee, who was a generous...
Taalu 2022: Let’s Tend to our Garden
The African Leadership Academy community welcomed the return of life to our campus and arrival of the Year 1s with one of our most...
Keamogetse “Moula” Mokhobo-Amegashie on Building a Pan-African Career
“Build friendships. Your greatest gift is making friends and building relationships. Build multinational friendships,” said Keamogetse “Moula” Mokhobo Amegashie. She was delivering the Distinguished...
Hatim Eltayeb Appointed Chief Executive of the Academy
1 September 2022. ALA’s Board of Trustees announced today that Hatim Eltayeb will take the reins as ALA’s Chief Executive Officer.
A native of Sudan,...
Cornell College Welcomes Its First ALA Cohort on Scholarships
The African Leadership Academy is proud to celebrate Mahmoud Wael Attia Ali Elawady, Saad Makhal Mankarious, and Michael-Sean Lotanna Ossai of the recently graduated...
Alumnus Eddy Oketch ‘08 Wins Seat in Kenya Senate
The African Leadership Academy congratulates alumnus Eddy Gicheru Oketch ’08, who won the race for Senator of Migori County in the recent parliamentary elections...
Dean Hatim Eltayeb’s 2022 Graduation Day Speech
“I can say without a shadow of a doubt that the past two years have been the most difficult of my professional career. I...
ALA Alumna Cynthia Okoye ‘14 Wins Bill Gates Sr. Prize
African Leadership Academy Alumna Cynthia Okoye has been awarded the Bill Gates Sr. Prize in recognition of her outstanding research and social leadership. She...
ALA Alumna Geraldine Mukumbi ‘11 Named Knight-Hennessy Scholar-Elect
African Leadership Academy alumna Geraldine Mukumbi has been named a 2022 Knight-Hennessy Scholar-Elect and will now pursue a PhD at Stanford University.
She was previously...
E-Fest: Bringing Innovation to Africa’s Solution Issues
The Entrepreneurship Festival (E-Fest) is a hallmark event at ALA: it comes at the end of the second term, during which Year 1 students...
Mohamed Echkouna ’11 Announced As 1 of 6 Winners of Netflix...
ALA alumnus Mohamed Echkouna ’11 has been named one of the six winners of the ‘African Folktales, Reimagined’ short film competition, which was created by...
