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Mareme Dieng '13 Combines College with Leadership Role in Silicon Valley
Mareme Dieng ’13 from Senegal, is combining a rigorous schedule as a college Senior with a prestigious role as Head of International Partnerships and...
Award-Winning Entrepreneur Amy Wanday ’15, Shaping the Future of Sports in...
“My mission in life is to ensure that no other African child with a love for sport feels like they cannot pursue it in...
Tafadzwa Matika ‘10 Leading Change through Public Health and Agriculture
Tafadzwa Matika ’10 always had a passion for pursuing a career in Public Health, but he could hardly imagine combining this journey with a...
Spencer Horne ’08's Cloudline Soars to Quartz Africa Innovators List 2019
This past month has seen ALA alumnus Spencer Horne’s innovative logistics company, Cloudline, win big. The revolutionary startup not only earned Spencer a spot...
Júlia Agudogo '11 Creates a Low-Cost Cervical Cancer Screening Tool
As a Biomedical Engineering student at Duke University, Júlia Sroda Agudogo '11 designed a low-cost non-invasive cervical screening tool for women, earning first place...
Liberia's President Commissions Changemakers Village, Founded by Marvin Tarawally '11 and...
Liberian President, George Weah emphasized the importance of education for Liberia’s development at the official launch of SMART Liberia's Changemakers Village earlier this year,...
Tapiwa Gambura '18 announced as winner of the Jozi Film Festival
When ALA student Tapiwa Gambura purchased her very first camera in November 2018, she never imagined that less than a year later she would...
Beauclaire Mbanya '14 Receives $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace Grant
Junior Beauclaire Mbanya ('14), currently studying Chemical Engineering at the University of Rochester, was recently awarded a Davis Project for Peace grant for his...
Deepshikha Parmessur '13 appointed Prime Minister of Mauritius National Youth Parliament
Deepshikha Parmessur ('13), was recently appointed Prime Minister at the Mauritius National Youth Parliament, becoming the first female holder of the office, and adding...
Deborah Alongi ’14: Using Education to Build Communities in Kinshasa, DRC
When ALA alumnus Deborah Alongi ’14 boarded a plane home to Kinshasa after completing her two-year diploma at African Leadership Academy, she was not...
Tanatsei Gambura ’17 Wins Prestigious Diana Award for Social Impact Work
ALA alumnus Tanatsei Gambura ’17 was recently named a Diana Award recipient for her crucial work with 25 May Movement – a creative collective...
Iminza Mbwaya ’12 Selected as Student Graduation Speaker at IE University
“Everything that marks our reality was once the dream of a pioneering mind, gradually realized through deliberate effort” - Iminza Mbwaya
Ngor Majak Anyieth '11: Developing a Leadership & Peace-Building Academy in...
Ngor Majak Anyieth (’11), returns to ALA to learn once again, but this time under the Anzisha Education Accelerator, a network of education entrepreneurs which...
