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Oluwafikemi Aiyepeku (’17) Wins Global Online Academy’s Catalyst for Change Prize
Fikemi Aiyepeku, a Nigerian 2nd year student at ALA was one of ten students selected from more than 500 presenters to receive the Catalyst...
Changing the Paradigm of College Admissions: The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program
When institutions of higher education bill themselves as ‘holistic’, how truly holistic are they? In looking at higher admissions trends and factors that play...
Anzisha Prize Fellow Encourages Young Entrepreneurs to “Start Now!”
At 18 and with only $20 in savings, Alhaji Siraj Bah, a young Sierra Leonean founded Rugsal Trading, an enterprise that now directly and...
ALA Co-Founder Fred Swaniker honored at the 2019 #Time100.
On April 23, 2019 ALA Co-Founder Fred Swaniker was honored in New York City as a member of the Time 100: Most Influential People in...
The Anzisha Prize Green Paper: Scenarios for Young African Entrepreneurs
Scenarios for Young African Entrepreneurs quantitatively and qualitatively explores what the future might hold for very young entrepreneurs (VYEs) in Africa, how entrepreneurship can offer...
Can Social Enterprises Be Profitable?
Twenty-one-year old Joan Nalugeba’s dreams of a world without malaria — and the Ugandan entrepreneur believes her company’s mosquito repellent soap will do just...
ALA Students Spark Change in their Communities through the Global Online...
African Leadership Academy is a member of Global Online Academy (GOA), a consortium of leading independent schools from around the world that fosters new, modern ways...
Defining the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem for Under-25’s in Africa
On 15 April 2019, educators, investors, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders from across Africa gathered for the inaugural Very Young Entrepreneur Education & Acceleration Summit in Sandton,...
Unlocking the Demographic Dividend Through Entrepreneurial Policy for Under 25s
Over the past two decades, a window of opportunity has emerged for the African continent. This is the same window that opened up for...
Student recruitment partnerships that help prepare scholars for university and workplace...
Last month, we dived into some of the top reasons why student recruitment partnership programs work, and how relying on partners can ensure the quality of the...
ALA’s Homecoming Spotlight: Trevor Kibet
24 year-old Trevor Kibet left Karen, Nairobi at the young age of 16 in pursuit of building his skills, intellect and networks so that...
E-Fest: Innovating Student Enterprises
The Entrepreneurship Festival (E-Fest) is an annual hallmark event which showcases the ideas that our Year 1 students have incubated over the course of...
Effective Entrepreneurship Education: A Case Study from 10 years of African...
by Ryan Findley & Josh Adler
African Leadership Group (ALG) is a globally referenced pioneer in experiential education. In its short 10 years, it has...
