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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...
Tiassa Mutunkei (’18) Advocates for Wildlife at the 2019 NEWF Congress
African Leadership Academy second year student and #Teens4Wildlife founder, Tiassa Mutunkei (18), spoke passionately about ending the illegal wildlife trade at the 2019 Nature,...
Three ALA Students Facilitate Workshops at the Global Leadership Summit
In July, four members of the ALA community facilitated leadership workshops at the Global Leadership Summit in Davos, Switzerland, continuing a productive four year relationship with...
Designing the Future of Secondary Schools in Africa: Thoughts from the...
By Josh Adler
How teens transition directly to work or income
It’s rational, but what stands in the way?
The Association for the Development of Education in Africa convened...
How to Deliver an Award-Winning Business Pitch: Insights from TEF 2019
Fresh from serving as a judge at the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Forum 2019, Aaron Fu, Venture Partner for the Anzisha Young Entrepreneurs Fund,...
ALA Hosts Education and Health Sector Gatherings in Kenya and Rwanda
In June and July, members of the ALA network convened in Kenya and Rwanda, connecting people and ideas around two of Africa’s greatest opportunities:...
2019 Global Scholars Program Welcomes Young Leaders from 20 Countries
Now in its ninth season of delivering a transformative experiential learning experience in self-awareness, service learning and social impact to scholars across the globe,...
ALA Invests in Early Career Transitions at 2019 Professional Development Barazas
During the month of July, Africa Careers Network hosted two successful professional development conferences, called “Barazas”, in South Africa and Uganda, welcoming participants from...
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
ALA’s “Do Something Cool” Featured on Ted Dintersmith’s Innovation Playlist
DSC was established around a single purpose: that all entrepreneurial leaders should demonstrate the capacity for self-directed learning and creation
ALA Hosts 2019 Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa Program
After a successful inaugural session in 2018, the Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa program returned to the ALA campus in Johannesburg, welcoming 200 emerging leaders...
Imagining the Future of the ALA Curriculum
Our ALA 2023 Strategic Plan challenges us to step more fully into our leadership role in education as a “Learning, Innovating, Leading School.” With...
Leading HIV Researcher and Holocaust Survivor Visit ALA
In June, we welcomed two world-leading experts to the ALA campus – HIV/AIDS researcher, Dr Bruce Walker and holocaust survivor and French resistance activist,...
