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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,...
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
Can Social Enterprises Be Profitable?
Twenty-one-year old Joan Nalugeba’s dreams of a world without malaria — and the Ugandan entrepreneur believes her company’s mosquito repellent soap will do just...
ALA’s Homecoming Spotlight: Trevor Kibet
24 year-old Trevor Kibet left Karen, Nairobi at the young age of 16 in pursuit of building his skills, intellect and networks so that...
ALA's South African Ideas Festival 2019
Every year, 24 student and educator scholar teams from across the U.S. and a team of six from the African Leadership Academy are selected...
ALA DeJen Parents Association hosts Parents Weekend
The Academy was proud to host a strong network of parents over a 2-day gathering of academic celebration and social connection.
The ALA DeJen Parents...
ALA's Homecoming Spotlight: Goodman Lepota, Class of 2013
ALA alum and Mastercard Foundation Scholar, Goodman Lepota shares his journey on Morning Live-SABC, from graduating at ALA with a Gold Prize for Entrepreneurial Achievement to becoming an...
The Zayed Sustainability Prize awards US$100 000 to ALA students
ALA students Jesse Forrester and Wuntia Gomda were awarded US$100 000 as winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize for Global High Schools, Sub-Saharan Africa...
2019 Sundance Film Festival celebrates The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, a biopic based on the remarkable true story of ALA alumnus William Kamkwamba, premiered at this year’s Sundance...
Announcing SEGL at ALA
In January 2020 up to 24 students will have the opportunity to participate in the ‘SEGL at ALA Program’, a one-term offering on our...
Innovation Vital To Africa’s DNA – But So Is Strategic Communication
Public Relations and Communications Expert and author of Talking to Africa, Mimi Kalinda outlines the crucial role marketing and communications play in highlighting Africa’s change makers.
‘The...
