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ALA Receives Donor-funded Membership to NewsDecoder
‘Donors have already sponsored webinars and our twice-yearly reporting and writing contests, but this is the first time that a donor has underwritten a...

College Board donates $100,000 symbol of support for young potential in...
We are grateful for the College Board’s decision to co-invest with African Leadership Academy (ALA) in the potential, promise and impact of young people....

ALA alumni Ellen Chilemba Wins Top Accolade and Grand Prize
The words that teachers at African Leadership Academy use to describe their former student Ellen Chilemba have one thing in common; they all denote success....

Goodman Lepota Becomes ALA’s First Alum on M&G’s List of 200...
Goodman Lepota is one of African Leadership Academy’s most resourceful and politically inclined alumnus. He joined ALA in 2011 with many accomplishments under his...

ALA’s Joel Baraka Steals Headlines After Meeting Queen
Not every journey has a clear path, and Joel Baraka feels this applies to his own journey, but he knows he wants to give...

ALA Alum Wins 2nd Prize at Smith College-Hosted Draper Competition
Priscilla Semphere has always been vocal about her pride in her language, identity and heritage. So it comes as little surprise when these are...

ALA Alum Wins Top Prize at Rice 360°
In a prestigious competition that drew 120 students from 19 universities, there was only one title for winner of top
honors, and that title went...

Oberlin University’s LaunchU Awards ALA Alum $10,000
ALA Class of 2010 alum Sophie Umazi Mvurya has once more made headlines after winning a $10,000 prize from LaunchU, a program that seeks to...

Majak Aniyeth is ALA’s first Echoing Green Fellow!
On 8 June 2017 ALA alumnus Majak Aniyeth was announced as an Echoing Green Fellow and one of the most promising social entrepreneurs in the world. He is one...

ALA Students in Final Round of 2017 CFO Junior Case Study...
We are pleased to share that two teams from African Leadership Academy’s Investment and Finance Club, the Peacocks and Amakhosi, have made it to...

Ellen Chilemba is the 2017 Glamour Magazine College Woman of the...
Ellen Chilemba ’17 is the Glamour Magazine College Woman of the Year’s grand-prize winner for her work and founding of her organization Tiwale. Chilemba’s community-based social enterprise...

African Leadership Academy Featured in WLSA Record
The World Leading Schools Association (WLSA) is an organisation comprising of a group of schools who form part of the association. ALA is part...