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ALA Bezos Scholars Celebrate a Decade of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Bezos Scholars Program (BSP) and the African Leadership Academy (ALA) are excited to announce its 2021 cohort of ALA Scholars. A team of...
Congratulations to our Graduates!
Our graduation ceremony for the class of 2019 was conceptualized under the theme Aya – an Adinkra symbol that conveys endurance and resourcefulness. “An individual who...
Dr Dambisa Moyo’s Four Lessons for Young Leaders
Dr Dambisa Moyo has been named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the world, and she is a prolific writer and commentator.
Dr Moyo...
2021 Leadership Symposium Celebrates Extraordinary Research by New Graduates
On the morning of the Class of 2019’s graduation, the community enjoyed an impressive program of some of the most thought-provoking and ambitious research...
SEGL at ALA Delivers Ethical Leadership Training for Young Trailblazers
Mairéad O’Grady is the Director of SEGL at ALA. She has been with The School for Ethics and Global Leadership (SEGL) since 2012 and...
ALforEducation: A Community to Shape the Future of African Education
Over the past ten years, ALA has evolved from an audacious idea to a thriving institution with a passionate, diverse, and committed community. We...
Joel Baraka ’15 Gamifies the Ugandan Curriculum with My HOME Stars
Joel Baraka ’15 is reshaping learning in refugee camps through My HOME Stars – a Ugandan non-profit that increases curriculum accessibility for disadvantaged communities.
His...
ALforEducation’s Growth Lab Set to Bolster Young Edupreneurs’ Potential
Our ALforEducation network continues to develop the next generation of leaders in education in Africa through the Edupreneur Growth Lab 2021. The program is...
Vanessa Ishimwe Seeks to Expand and Improve her Kindergartens for Refugee...
Each day, Vanessa Ishimwe oversees a network of kindergartens and early childhood development centers that serve over 1000 children in the Kyaka II refugee...
The Anzisha Education Accelerator: Supporting Leaders Building New Models of Education...
A growing cohort of education leaders across Africa works each day to drive education innovation in service of their communities. The Anzisha Education Accelerator (AEA) invests...
Burundi’s Kigutu International Academy: A Model School with Deep Ties to...
In October 2020, a new school opened in Burundi unlike any that had come before: Kigutu International Academy (KIA), a STEM-focused secondary school that seeks to...
Cote D’Ivoire’s Daryl Adopo ‘14 clinches Outstanding Finance Student Award
Congratulations to Ivorian alumnus Daryl Adopo ‘14 who recently took home the 2020-2021 Outstanding Finance Student Award. This is one of the highest academic...
Student Research Exhibits Collaborative Solution-Building at Zaha 2021
Our annual Research Symposium, newly renamed Zaha, a Malagasy word meaning to explore, examine or research, produced an impressive catalogue of research projects earlier this...
