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ALA Staffulty Recognized Globally as Changemakers on the Continent
ALA staffulty members are being recognized globally as changemakers on the continent and beyond for their outstanding work in this challenging year.
Oluwabusola “Busola” Majekodunmi...
Bernie Mshana ’13 creates a cultural shift in Tanzania through animation
Bernie Mshana ’13 from Tanzania is using her unique life experiences to bridge the gap between Tanzanian beneficiaries of NGO work in the creative...
Giving Tuesday: Showing Gratitude for the Creative Arts
One thing that has served as a source of comfort, strength and joy throughout the year is the plethora of digital creative arts offerings...
Cole Ezeilo ‘18 launches social media app to incite African unity
ALA alumnus Cole Ezeilo ‘18 has recently launched Entwine, a social media app-organization that tackles the pressing issue of a lack of global African...
Mufalo Mufalo ‘20 uses the power of the creative arts for...
What is the closest thing we have to magic? For first-year ALA student Mufalo Mufalo, his response is simple: we have art.
Mufalo Mufalo is...
Racial Equity and Justice: Learning, Unlearning
The AL for Governance Network turns ONE in November! For 12 months, AL for Governance has worked towards building a vibrant pan-African ecosystem of...
Golden Grains
Dean Hatim Eltayeb’s remarks to ALA students and staffulty at the virtual End of Term Assembly, 19 November 2020. This message was delivered following...
Preparing for ALA’s Next CEO
The time has come for ALA to make a long-planned step in our process of institution-building: the transition to a non-Founder CEO.
For the past...
21-year-old Egyptian entrepreneur wins the 10th Anzisha Prize
Alaa Moatamed, Co-Founder of Presto, a leading delivery management service, takes home the $25,000 Grand Prize
With a pool of talented finalists from more than 15...
The Anzisha Prize: 5 lessons learned from supporting very young entrepreneurs
By: Dolapo Adeyanju
Young entrepreneurs’ journeys are shaped by many interrelated factors, one of which includes working closely with program managers, educators, and investors.
While investors...
Edgar Edmund Tarimo ‘18 wins €5000 at 2020 ClimateLaunchpad for his...
At the age of 15 Edgar Edmund Tarimo ‘18 saw how floods destroyed more than 700 houses in Dar Es Salaam. Most of the...
Protests and Politics: Africa’s Pressing Need for Good Governance
On Saturday, 24 October, our ALforGovernance sector led a virtual panel discussion about the Nigerian youth movement #EndSARS which dominated social media and news...
Morgan Pelser ‘20 of South Africa shares insights from her 7-year...
ALA student Morgan Pelser ‘20 has been running a cotton candy company since she was 11. She shares some lessons she has learnt so...
