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LET'S STAND TOGETHER AND #BRINGBACKOURGIRLS
By Mudiwa Dutiro, co-founder of All 4 Girls Empowerment (A4Ge), a student project at African Leadership Academy
On the 14th of April 2014, 276 girls (exact...

ALA ORGANIZES INAUGURAL MODEL AFRICAN UNION
106 students and educators from 12 countries, including the United States of America, participated in the inaugural African Leadership Academy Model African Union (ALAMAU),...

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 WELCOMES 98 NEW YOUNG LEADERS
African Leadership Academy officially welcomed a new batch of 98 young leaders from across the continent into the Class of 2013 on Saturday September...

ALA ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY ESSAY COMPETITION
African Leadership Academy is very delighted to join the United Nations in recognizing the immense potential and celebrating the extraordinary achievements of young people around...

ALA Graduates its Fourth Cohort of Students
On the afternoon of Friday, June 21st, seventy-eight students graduated from the African Leadership Academy. This year’s graduation festivities marked ALA’s graduation of its...

ALA HOSTS INAUGURAL HUMANITIES RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
At ALA, we are hopeful for the future of research, not only in Africa, but the world. In line with this, ALA hosted our...

ALA HOSTS 2013 WINCHESTER INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
African Leadership Academy hosted the 2013 ALA-Winchester International Symposium (ALAWIS) from 17 March to 22 March 2013.
ALA is a founding member of a consortium of ten...

MUN team attends Harvard MUN Conference
The Model United Nations club at African Leadership Academy (ALA) recently participated at the 60th Harvard Model United Nations (MUN) Conference in Boston, USA from...

ALA GRADUATE LAUNCHES GLOBAL INITIATIVE
ALA Graduate (class of 2010), Sophie Anunda, launched the ‘I AM KENYAN’ project in Nairobi. The ‘I AM KENYAN’ project is a global initiative...

ALA Student Writes, Composes, Teaches, and Conducts an Exciting New Song
As I stood outside the rehearsal room during our normal Sunday morning practice, a single soprano sang out “Tunataka Aaah-free-ca eeh-eeh-nu-KEH” and was quickly...

ALA NAMED ONE OF TEN PARTNERS IN THE MASTERCARD FOUNDATION SCHOLARS...
On Wednesday, 26 September 2012, ALA was named one of ten institutional partners for The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program.
The landmark initiative is a $500 million...

ALA Welcomes Fifth Cohort of Students
We are proud to welcome our 5th class of students to the African Leadership Academy.
This year, we received 2,960 applications to the Academy from...

