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Leadership Development for Africa's Youth – Making the Right Career Choice
Why ALA: making the right career choices at an early age
Finishing school and deciding on your next step has to be one of the...
Searching the Depths for Africa's Youth Talent
Among the remarkable first cohort of pupils to attend African Leadership Academy (ALA) when it opened in 2008 was DRC-born Joseph Munyambanza. At 17 years...
Young African Leaders Making an Impression on the World
“A handful of lion-hearts can wake the whole world up.” ― Abhijit Naskar
One of the things that makes being at an academy like ours so great...
Student Enterprises Harness Power of Youth to Change Africa
A few months ago, learners at Pretoria High School for Girls in South Africa protested against archaic hair rules that discriminated against natural African hair....
ALA Alumnus On His Pursuit Of Being #OxfordEddiecated
Edward (Eddie) Ndopu, an alumnus of the Academy’s inaugural class is an activist on disability rights, who sought to push boundaries from an early age....
Pan-African Entrepreneurship Ideas at Enterprise Fest
March 24, 2016|ALA Impact Stories
“…my only career options were to either become a lawyer, doctor, engineer or a family failure.”
Promoting entrepreneurship is a crucial...
Servant Leadership – ALA Students Spread Festive Cheer
“Serving others prepares you to lead others.” – Jim George
Leading up to the festive season, myself along with Miranda Tichareva (Class of 2015) and Sizo...
Let's Play…and Learn
Wandile Mabanga grew up in Kwa Thema, a township located on the outskirts of Springs, Ekurhuleni in Gauteng. Wandile’s mother left school in Grade...
Africa Has To Go “country” for Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth
For the last fifteen years, economic growth rates across Africa have encouragingly escalated, with most countries consistently averaging over 5%. Additionally, the burgeoning population...
ALU: A New Tertiary Institution Modeled after ALA
African Leadership Academy is excited to announce the launch of a new institution that aims to change the face of tertiary education in Africa....
ALA YOUNG LEADERS ORGANIZE SOCIAL INNOVATION CAMPS
As part of our efforts to scale the impact of our programs across the continent, students from African Leadership Academy have commenced the 2014...
ALA graduates champion the cause of Peaceful Transition and alternative Leadership...
During the summer 2012 holiday, Eddy Gicheru Oketch, ALA Inaugural class graduate and student at Trinity College Hartford, spent his holiday in his home...
Words from ALA’s First College Graduate — Madelle Kangha
Madelle Kangha is from Cameroon and is the first college graduate from the African Leadership Academy. Madelle was selected to attend the Academy based...
