The Journey Journal

Welcome to our series of introductions to African Leadership Academy’s 2018 cohort – and meet ALA’s feisty young changemaker Chemutai Wanjiru Ruto, who is...

School’s out! By the time you read this, most of our students and staffulty will be in the bosom of family and friends, celebrating...

‘Our job is to scout, so we go to places that a lot of people wouldn’t go – really remote; I’ve been to places...

‘I learnt that one cannot be reactionary when in government … Reacting without thinking about the solutions to the problem will not help you as a...

The ALA All Community Call is an annual event which brings together student and staffulty alumni to reconnect with ALA, with Africa and with...

Inspiration comes in many guises. It can be in the form of a book, a life-changing event or something innocuous as a conversation. For...

Given my upbringing as a Somali diaspora in Europe (Holland), I can particularly relate to Ilhan Omar. It’s impressive to see that despite her...

Welcome to our series of introductions to African Leadership Academy’s 2018 cohort – and meet ALA’s award-winning young writer and photographer from Jinja, Uganda...

In their introduction to Entrepreneurial Leadership (EL), Year Ones are taught the seven traits of ALA students, and led to understand that by time...

Welcome to our series of introductions to African Leadership Academy’s 2018 cohort – and meet ALA’s newest Anzisha Fellow… ‘If you follow the normal ways...

In the first of a new series of features on how ALA graduates are reversing Africa’s ‘Brain Drain’ we chat to Marvin Roberts Tarawally...

ALA hosts various summits and conferences throughout Africa during the academic year, linked to our various programs. Here’s what to look out for in December… Leadership...

African Leadership Academy Model African Union (ALAMAU) is an annual leadership conference that simulates  the activities of the African Union. Established at ALA as...