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Your 2am Moment: Reflections from Dr. Amel Karboul’s Address to the...
Dr. Amel Karboul began with a specific moment: 2am on April 18, 2009, in Germany.
She had just given birth, was battling a postnatal infection,...
Mtu ni Watu: A Person Is People
When student speaker Njoki Njoroge '24 (Kenya) walked onto the graduation stage, she carried a box.
Inside were small, ordinary objects: an empty packet of...
100 Young Leaders Join ALA’s Alumni Network
On 18 June 2026, 100 young people from across the African continent walked across the graduation stage as the newest graduates of African Leadership...
“Stop Comparing. Start Becoming.” Lessons from Kazaina Akofa Makena Senanu’s Graduation...
At the African Leadership Academy’s Class of 2023 graduation, student speaker Kazaina Akofa Makena Senanu delivered a deeply personal, honest, and inspiring message, one...
Under 30 and Riding High: Leroy Mwasaru on Responsibility, Recognition –...
‘The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.’
– Chinese Proverb
Leroy Mwasaru knows he has given...
Graca Machel Delivers Impacful Speech at ALA's Graduation
The former first lady of South Africa graced our graduates and delivered an impactful speech about being a proud African and what it truly...
ALA CELEBRATES 21 SOUTH AFRICAN ICONS
Starting on Friday, 30 May, 2014, African Leadership Academy (ALA) began hosting a unique showcase of 21 South African Icons whose lives and achievements...
ALA Graduates its third cohort of students
On the evening of Friday, June 15, ninety students graduated from the African Leadership Academy, making it the third class to officially graduate from...
Celebrating ALA's Second Graduating Class
On June 23, 2011, ALA celebrated its second class of graduates. Anthony Kaguara, the Valedictorian for this year’s graduating class, referred to his classmates...
Inaugural Class Graduates!
On June 5, 2010, ALA was proud to matriculate its Inaugural Class. In total, 93 students completed either the 2-year diploma program or 1-year...
