Parents
Welcome Note
Welcome! I hope this page provides all the necessary information you need as current parents to the young leaders currently enrolled at the Academy. Please use the links below to access vital information for you as well as your children. If you need to get in touch, please use the contact details below.
- Hatim Eltayeb, Dean of the Academy
General Contact Information
ALA Switchboard: +27 11 699 3000 (Please try the switchboard during business hours (7:30am – 4:30pm SAST) for all general ALA queries or to reach a member of staff).
ALA Emergency: +27 71 8583936
Dean's Office: deansoffice@africanleadershipacademy.org (for general student enquiries)
Finance Office: finance@africanleadershipacademy.org
ALA Postal Address for Student Mail:
Postnet Suite #413, Private Bag X1, Laser Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
Advisory Families
In an effort to provide as much varied and valuable support to each individual student, the Academy assigns each student to an Advisory Family. Each Advisory Family has six (on average) students, and two ‘parents’. Advisors act as campus parents for ALA’s young leaders, providing support for that student on emotional, social, psychological and academic questions, and serve as a direct contact for the parents or guardians.
University Guidance
The Academy is dedicated and committed to the long-term success of its students. ALA’s team of experienced university guidance counsellors works with its young leaders to help them prepare for and navigate the entire university application process; including identifying schools that fit career goals and interests.
Career Guidance
At ALA, we believe that it takes several years to become a transformative leader, and we continuously engage with and support our students as they start careers, launch ventures, and pursue their goals beyond the Academy walls. Africa Careers Network (ACN) connects our students to career and internship opportunities across Africa.
For DeJen Parents
Welcome Note
Welcome! As the ALA DeJen Parents Association, we serve to connect parents to the Academy and to each other, mobilise resources while building traditions and fostering student and alumni engagement during the years that follow graduation and beyond - and growing Africa's future leaders. Use the links below to learn about the work we do and meet the team. Please use the contact details below to get in touch.
- Uzo Agyare-Kumi, Emeritus Dean of the Academy
General Contact Information
ALA Switchboard: +27 11 699 3000 (Please try the switchboard during business hours (7:30am – 4:30pm SAST) for all general ALA queries or to reach a member of staff).
About DeJen: Parents' Association
ALA DeJen Parents Association serves to connect parents to the Academy and to each other, while building traditions and fostering student and alumni engagement during the years that follow graduation and beyond.
DeJen Chapters
The Academy launched 3 chapters namely in South Africa June 2017 (our host country), Nigeria (March 2017) and Kenya (December 2016). Each chapter comprises of alumni and current parents as far back as our Inaugural class of 2008
Parents' Orientation 2019 E-Book
This E-Book covers the happenings of the Parents’ Orientation that took place September 2, 2019. This was an opportunity to introduce our new parent cohort to the Dejen network. See highlights of the day, and all the important topics that the ALA staffulty covered; from Wellness to University Guidance. Enjoy reading!