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African Leadership Academy Featured in WLSA Record
The World Leading Schools Association (WLSA) is an organisation comprising of a group of schools who form part of the association. ALA is part...
Funding Opportunities for Young African Entrepreneurs
Getting a venture off the ground or growing an existing business as a young entrepreneur can be difficult: raising capital without a solid credit...
Goodman Lepota on International Internships and Real Networking
In 2016, Goodman Lepota secured two internships any student would covet – in May, he joined the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign and recently went...
Takalani Malivha – The First ALA Alum Awarded MRF Scholarship
Congratulations to Takalani Malivha, an African Leadership Academy alumna who has recently received the 2017 Mandela Rhodes Foundation Scholarship!
Takalani hails from the Limpopo Province...
ALA Alumni Bradley Opere on Politics, Life and Innovation
Bradley Opere, an African Leadership Academy (ALA) alumni from Kenya was elected the University of North Carolina’s Student Body President. One of his aims...
Film and African Identity – Mohamed Echkouna’s Thoughts
African Leadership Academy alumni Mohamed Echkouna is an aspirant film director. He identifies himself as simply an artist who recognises people as the answer to their...
Leadership Development for Africa’s Youth – Making the Right Career Choice
Why ALA: making the right career choices at an early age
Finishing school and deciding on your next step has to be one of the...
Searching the Depths for Africa’s Youth Talent
Among the remarkable first cohort of pupils to attend African Leadership Academy (ALA) when it opened in 2008 was DRC-born Joseph Munyambanza. At 17 years...
Fred Swaniker: A Quest to Transform Africa
Africa has great potential for change to ensure sustainable growth which could lead to prosperity. With young people at the helm, reshaping the African...
Africa’s Leaders: What Were They Doing Before 30?
Africa has a historic record of impressive and influential people. When you think about your heroes you probably immediately have some vivid images: the...
OMANG – Where Innovation Meets Education
“How is the knowledge I’m imparting to my students grounded in reality?” asked the teachers of specific subjects at African Leadership Academy in a quest to...
Young African Leaders Making an Impression on the World
“A handful of lion-hearts can wake the whole world up.” ― Abhijit Naskar
One of the things that makes being at an academy like ours so great...
Student Enterprises Harness Power of Youth to Change Africa
A few months ago, learners at Pretoria High School for Girls in South Africa protested against archaic hair rules that discriminated against natural African hair....
