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ALA and Credit Suisse Partner to Shape Young Leaders

ALA partnered with the Credit Suisse EMEA Foundation (Credit Suisse) for the second consecutive year to host a leadership outreach program for a select...

Allan Gray and ALA Partner to Recognize Excellence

A highlight of African Leadership Academy’s recently held graduation ceremony was the announcement of the inaugural recipients of the Allan Gray Awards for Excellence,...

ALA Students Sweep 2012 Science Olympiad

ALA students swept the stage at the Southern Africa Science Olympiad, held on June 28th, 2012. Our students represented four of the top five performers...

ALA Coca-Cola Scholars Induction Day

The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation hosted the eight ALA students sponsored by the foundation (the ‘Coke Scholars’) at Coca Cola’s offices on June 6th, as...

Two ALA student teams win $10,000 Kathryn Davis Prize for Peace

ALA graduates continue to work together even after graduation, and are rewarded for their pioneering work. Two teams of ALA graduates from the inaugural class...

ALA Ideas Festival Coming Soon! March 24, 2012

Five students and an educator from the African Leadership Academy (ALA) are launching the first-ever ALA Ideas Festival, Entrepreneurial Leadership: Empowering the Youth, to inspire their...

Echoing Green Fellows Visit ALA Campus

On February 9, ALA was pleased to welcome Echoing Green President Cheryl Dorsey and twenty-four Echoing Green fellows to campus, as a part of their week-long...

Google "Gives Back" to ALA

African Leadership Academy (ALA) has been awarded a $500,000 grant by Google.org as part of its Google Gives Back campaign. The grant funding will be used...

ALA Founder Fred Swaniker on CNN

ALA founder Fred Swaniker was interviewed on CNN’s African Voices this past October. The interview ranged across his childhood and how that led him to...

Michelle Obama visits the Emthonjeni Community Service Project

During her recent visit to South Africa, Michelle Obama visited the children’s crèche at Emthonjeni, a primary school in the Zandspruit informal settlement. The...

Celebrating ALA’s Second Graduating Class

On June 23, 2011, ALA celebrated its second class of graduates. Anthony Kaguara, the Valedictorian for this year’s graduating class, referred to his classmates...

Outstanding ALA Students Receive Cambridge International Examinations Distinctions

University of Cambridge International Examinations is delighted to announce the winners of the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards for South Africa and again African Leadership...

Allan Gray launches R750,000 fund to invest in young entrepreneurs at...

Thando Mhlambiso, on behalf of Allan Gray, has announced the creation of the Allan Gray Venture Fund of R750,000.  This fund will allow student...