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ALA Model African Union 2025: Africa’s Future Leaders Step Up

From the first strike of the gavel to the final roll call, the 12th Session of the African Leadership Academy Model African Union (ALAMAU)...

Boundless Semai: Celebrating Africa’s Limitless Creativity

On February 14th, the African Leadership Academy (ALA) campus became a vibrant hub of artistic energy as UMUZI 2025 unfolded. Led by Blank, the...

Celebrating Creatives at ALA: Sibongo Ndzinisa '23

One of the standout moments of this year’s UMUZI Festival was a fashion show featuring work from three incredibly talented designers in our community—including...

E-Fest 2025: Des idées qui voyagent (Ideas that travel)

At ALA, we’re on a mission to transform the continent by developing a powerful network of young leaders, equipped to take on Africa’s most...

TEDxAfricanLeadershipAcademy 2025 – The Unspoken: Thriving in Contraction

TEDxAfricanLeadershipAcademy 2025 challenged us to embrace complexity and find strength in contradiction. Under the theme “The Unspoken: Thriving in Contraction,” this year’s event delved into...

Investing in Africa’s Future

Supporting African Leadership Academy isn’t just a donation—it’s a commitment to Africa’s future. It’s a belief in the power of young people to lead...

African Leadership Foundation Welcomes Two New Directors to the Board

We are thrilled to welcome Alexandra Palt, President of WWF France, and Temi Adeniji, Managing Director of Warner Music Africa, to the African Leadership...

ALA’s Standout Performance at Georgetown Model United Nations in Qatar

African Leadership Academy’s Year 1 students made a lasting impression at the Georgetown Model United Nations (GMUN) 2025 in Qatar, returning home with an...

WLSA Students Bring Global Exchange and Chinese New Year to ALA

For two weeks, African Leadership Academy (ALA) had the privilege of hosting students from the World Leading Schools Association (WLSA) as part of an...

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Fostering Tomorrow's Leaders: ALA's Student Leaders in Action

Leadership at ALA goes beyond academics. ALA students learn that leadership is a continuous process of learning, adapting, and inspiring positive change. Meet Bohlokoa, Michael, and Abderraouf - three ALA students who provide leadership in the dormitories as resident advisors, support their fellow students through the challenges of the ALA academic program, and serve the broader student body through their roles in student government.

Discover Seminal Readings at ALA

Three times a year, the Academy community participates in a school-wide reading, writing, and discussion exercise known as Seminal Readings. Over the course of one week, all regular classes pause, and groups focus entirely on reading and discussing seminal texts. This exercise provides an opportunity for the Academy to engage with issues of enduring complexity and importance

Asking ALA Alumni: "Why did you come back?"

In ALA 2023, we explicitly talk about bringing our alumni “DNA” back to the core of ALA. In 2018, we had 4 alumni on staff and aspired to have 10 alumni working at ALA by 2023. During the 2022-2023 academic year, we had 13 alumni on staff (~8% of our staffulty!). Whether it is Natalia Sikombe ’12, Nandi Mgwaba ’12, or Deepshikha Parmessur ‘13 teaching Entrepreneurial Leadership, or Thandie Ramme ’14 keeping alumni connected to the magic of ALA through the ALA Quad social media pages, alumni are increasingly returning and making ALA an important step in their professional careers.

ALA Celebrates the Class of 2022

On June 20, 2024, ALA celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2022. We bid farewell to these extraordinary young leaders who have left an indelible mark on ALA, guided by the African proverb: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” Each graduate’s success at ALA symbolized personal growth and an unwavering commitment to collaborative action, community engagement, and the pursuit of positive change in Africa and beyond.

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