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ALA Alumnus On His Pursuit Of Being #OxfordEddiecated

ALA Impact Stories
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....
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Alumni Spotlight: Rima Bettaieb (Tunisia)

The Journey Journal
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...
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Alumni Spotlight: From Africa to Yale

The Journey Journal
When Esther Soma was struggling with the essay portion of her Yale application, she knew where to turn for help. At the time, she...
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Alumni Spotlight: Carmen Augusto (Mozambique)

The Journey Journal
Carmen Augusto, an alum and member of the Class of 2009 at ALA recently graduated  from Smith College and had the honor of delivering...
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Alumni Spotlight: Muturi Njeri (Kenya)

The Journey Journal
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...
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Bradley Opere Elected Student Body President

The Network: Unleashed
Bradley Opere, an ALA alum currently at the University of North Carolina (UNC) recently won the race for student body president with 53% of...
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#ALAGivesBack – From an Alumni Perspective

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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...
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Alumni Spotlight: Sheila Chukwulozie (Nigeria)

The Journey Journal
Sheila originally hails from the West African State of Nigeria where she attended the prestigious Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja. In 2010, an outspoken...
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Let’s Play…and Learn

ALA Impact Stories
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...
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ALA Launches #ALAGivesBack Campaign

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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...
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27 BUILD-in-a-Box Camps Hosted across Africa

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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...
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Africa Has To Go “country” for Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth

ALA Impact Stories
For the last fifteen years, economic growth rates across Africa have encouragingly escalated, with most countries consistently averaging over 5%. Additionally, the burgeoning population...
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Alumni Spotlight: James Earl Kiawoin (Liberia)

The Journey Journal
James is …   A recent graduate of Colorado College. I graduated with a degree in Political science, magna cum laude. After graduation, I returned...