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Cape Town Fires: Reflections from Keabetswe Zondi ‘17
South African Keabetswe Zondi graduated from ALA as part of the class of 2017. She is currently a student at the University of Cape...

Natalia Sikombe ’12 Creates Cinematic Drive-in in her Hometown of Lusaka
The pandemic has adversely affected almost every area of daily life and the past year has made it abundantly clear that life may not...

Creative Arts at ALA Adds Student-led “Curating Africa” to Curriculum
In its new offering titled “Curating Africa”, our Creative Arts department is deconstructing and reimagining the concept of curation. Year 2 student Towela “Kams” Tembo...

What Should Educators Know about Entrepreneurial Leadership?
By Oluwabusola Majekodunmi, Entrepreneurial Leadership Faculty from Nigeria.
Many have wondered why Entrepreneurial Leadership (EL) is one of the core subjects taught at African Leadership...

Amazon Places Kaffa Sakho ’13 at #1 for New Releases in...
On 19 January 2021 ALA alumna Kaffa Sakho ’13 released her new poetry book titled Etcetera – A Conversation about Love, to much adoration....

Year 1 Students Awarded Diplomatic Commendation at Harvard Model United Nations...
Over the past month, ten Year-1 students participated in the Harvard Model United Nations conference and impressed their moderators coming away with two awards...

Welcome to ALA’s New Deputy Dean, Tinhiko Nkuna
We are incredibly excited to introduce Ms Tinhiko Nkuna who joins African Leadership Academy as Deputy Dean.
Tinhiko graduated from Rhodes University with a B.A....

AL for Agribusiness Announces Partnership with Small Foundation
Our AL for Agribusiness network is excited to announce its partnership with Small Foundation, whose generous contribution will accelerate the delivery of a multi-year program to...

Saad Mankarious ’20 Develops E-Learning App to Boost Student Engagement
Meet first-year Egyptian student Saad Mankarious who is, quite literally, changing the game when it comes to encouraging higher student engagement in learning. Designed...

Haissa Toure ‘15 and Komlan Batchey ‘15 Collaborate to Develop Organic...
When alumni Komlan Batchey ‘15 and Haissa Toure ‘15 heard of an opportunity to intern at Kawan Africa through the African Careers Network, the pair partnered up...

Akan Nelson ‘09 is Improving Financial Literacy for Financial Inclusion in...
ALA alumnus and former staffulty member Akan Nelson ‘09 and Daniel Osineye’s Evolve Credit recently reached a milestone: securing pre-seed funding of US$300 000, all of...

Golden Grains
Dean Hatim Eltayeb’s remarks to ALA students and staffulty at the virtual End of Term Assembly, 19 November 2020. This message was delivered following...

Edgar Edmund Tarimo ‘18 wins €5000 at 2020 ClimateLaunchpad for his...
At the age of 15 Edgar Edmund Tarimo ‘18 saw how floods destroyed more than 700 houses in Dar Es Salaam. Most of the...

