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ALA Alumnus On His Pursuit Of Being #OxfordEddiecated
Edward (Eddie) Ndopu, an alumnus of the Academy’s inaugural class is an activist on disability rights, who sought to push boundaries from an early age....

Alumni Spotlight: Rima Bettaieb (Tunisia)
The content below is originally from the Yale-NUS Admissions Blog. The piece was written by a classmate and friend of Rima Bettaieb who was...

Alumni Spotlight: From Africa to Yale
When Esther Soma was struggling with the essay portion of her Yale application, she knew where to turn for help. At the time, she...

Alumni Spotlight: Carmen Augusto (Mozambique)
Carmen Augusto, an alum and member of the Class of 2009 at ALA recently graduated from Smith College and had the honor of delivering...

Alumni Spotlight: Muturi Njeri (Kenya)
Muturi Njeri is a proud Kenyan native, who was a member of ALA’s class of 2009. Muturi’s passion for Africa, entrepreneurship and writing enabled...

Bradley Opere Elected Student Body President
Bradley Opere, an ALA alum currently at the University of North Carolina (UNC) recently won the race for student body president with 53% of...

#ALAGivesBack – From an Alumni Perspective
ALA alumni, Nelisile Mzolo shares her views as well as that of fellow alums regarding #ALAGivesBack. Nelisile is currently enrolled at United States International University...

Alumni Spotlight: Sheila Chukwulozie (Nigeria)
Sheila originally hails from the West African State of Nigeria where she attended the prestigious Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja. In 2010, an outspoken...

Let’s Play…and Learn
Wandile Mabanga grew up in Kwa Thema, a township located on the outskirts of Springs, Ekurhuleni in Gauteng. Wandile’s mother left school in Grade...

ALA Launches #ALAGivesBack Campaign
The ALA Community came together during the Community Call on November 27th to announce the official launch of ALA Gives Back, a year-long campaign to celebrate...

27 BUILD-in-a-Box Camps Hosted across Africa
Ninety-one young leaders from ALA traveled to 23 African countries over the summer holidays to organize entrepreneurial leadership camps (called BUILD-in-a-Box camps) for unemployed...

Africa Has To Go “country” for Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth
For the last fifteen years, economic growth rates across Africa have encouragingly escalated, with most countries consistently averaging over 5%. Additionally, the burgeoning population...

Alumni Spotlight: James Earl Kiawoin (Liberia)
James is …
A recent graduate of Colorado College. I graduated with a degree in Political science, magna cum laude. After graduation, I returned...

