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ALA Partners with KIVA to support new students
African Leadership Academy has officially launched a partnership with KIVA.
KIVA is a nonprofit organization that connects people through lending microfinance loans. As part of...
Andrew Mupuya named as 2012 Anzisha Grand Prize Winner
On August 29th, 2012, at The Venue in Sandton, Johannesburg, 20 year-old Andrew Mupuya of Uganda was announced as the Grand Prize Winner of...
2012 ANZISHA PRIZE FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
African Leadership Academy and The MasterCard Foundation proudly announce the finalists for the 2012 Anzisha Prize, the premier award for Africa’s young entrepreneurial leaders. The Prize identifies and celebrates...
Global Scholars Program 2012
This year’s Global Scholars Program was held at the African Leadership Academy’s campus from 15 July through August 4. The purpose of GSP is to introduce...
JP Morgan Chase TFI summer program at ALA
25 high-potential young men from across the United States spent two weeks on ALA’s campus this July for a two week Entrepreneurial Leadership program...
ALA and Credit Suisse Partner to Shape Young Leaders
ALA partnered with the Credit Suisse EMEA Foundation (Credit Suisse) for the second consecutive year to host a leadership outreach program for a select...
Allan Gray and ALA Partner to Recognize Excellence
A highlight of African Leadership Academy’s recently held graduation ceremony was the announcement of the inaugural recipients of the Allan Gray Awards for Excellence,...
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...
