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Mohamed Echkouna ’11 Announced As 1 of 6 Winners of Netflix Short Story Competition

1 year ago

ALA alumnus Mohamed Echkouna ’11 has been named one of the six winners of the ‘African Folktales, Reimagined’ short film competition, which was created by Netflix in association with UNESCO. The…

African Leadership Academy alumnus Kudzai Mbinda ’16

ALA Alumnus Kudzai Mbinda ’16 Named Rhodes Scholar-Elect

2 years ago

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African Leadership Academy alumnus Kudzai Mbinda ’16 has been named Rhodes Scholar-Elect and will pursue a master’s degree in energy systems at the University of Oxford. The Rhodes Scholarship, established in 1903,…

New African Voices: ALA’s Alumni Storytellers

5 years ago

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“A story does many things. It entertains, it informs, it instructs.” – Chinua Achebe Leadership comes in many forms – and nowhere is this clearer than at African Leadership Academy, where…

Goodman Lepota on International Internships and Real Networking

6 years ago

The Network: Unleashed

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In 2016, Goodman Lepota secured two internships any student would covet – in May, he joined the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign and recently went on to intern at New York…

ALA Graduates its Fourth Cohort of Students

10 years ago

Newsletter, The Journey Journal

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On the afternoon of Friday, June 21st, seventy-eight students graduated from the African Leadership Academy. This year’s graduation festivities marked ALA’s graduation of its fourth cohort of second-year students. Guests…

ALA graduates champion the cause of Peaceful Transition and alternative Leadership in Kenya

10 years ago

ALA Impact Stories, Newsletter

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During the summer 2012 holiday, Eddy Gicheru Oketch, ALA Inaugural class graduate and student at Trinity College Hartford, spent his holiday in his home country Kenya to work with the…

ALA launches Africa Careers Network

10 years ago

Africa Careers Network

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ALA is proud to announce the official launch of the Africa Careers Network web portal! Established in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, Africa Careers Network (ACN) connects outstanding young people…

Words from ALA’s First College Graduate — Madelle Kangha

11 years ago

ALA Impact Stories, The Network: Unleashed

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Madelle Kangha is from Cameroon and is the first college graduate from the African Leadership Academy. Madelle was selected to attend the Academy based on her passion for public service,…

ALA Welcomes Fifth Cohort of Students

11 years ago

The Journey Journal

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We are proud to welcome our 5th class of students to the African Leadership Academy. This year, we received 2,960 applications to the Academy from around the continent. From over…

ALA Students Sweep 2012 Science Olympiad

11 years ago

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ALA students swept the stage at the Southern Africa Science Olympiad, held on June 28th, 2012. Our students represented four of the top five performers in Physical Sciences, as well…

Mohamed Echkouna ’11 Announced As 1 of 6 Winners of Netflix Short Story Competition

ALA Alumnus Kudzai Mbinda ’16 Named Rhodes Scholar-Elect

New African Voices: ALA’s Alumni Storytellers

Goodman Lepota on International Internships and Real Networking

ALA Graduates its Fourth Cohort of Students

ALA graduates champion the cause of Peaceful Transition and alternative Leadership in Kenya

ALA launches Africa Careers Network

Words from ALA’s First College Graduate — Madelle Kangha

ALA Welcomes Fifth Cohort of Students

ALA Students Sweep 2012 Science Olympiad

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