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‘DO SOMETHING COOL’ 2014

‘Global citizen’ Naomi Campbell tours ALA

#ALAGivesBack – From an Alumni Perspective

#ALAGivesBack: Support ALA this Giving Tuesday

#ChooseALA – Discover Your Role in the Transformation of Africa

#WhatMovesYou? Inspiring Change and Staying Connected through Visual Arts

10 Funding Opportunities Young Entrepreneurs Can Apply for Now

10 Lessons from 10 Years

10 Lessons From 10 Years: Successful Translation is about Culture and Discipline

10 Lessons From 10 Years: Diversity Is Our Best Teacher – and our Source of Innovation

10 Lessons From 10 Years: Don’t Underestimate the Cost of Complexity

10 Lessons From 10 Years: Everything Will Be OK

10 Lessons from 10 Years: Filter the Feedback

10 Lessons From 10 Years: Hard Things Are Hard

10 Lessons From 10 Years: Play the Game that Exists

10 Lessons from 10 Years: Solve for the System, Not for the Individual

10 Lessons From 10 Years: Solve your problems – or the market will

10 Tips for Women Who Seek to Serve in Public Leadership

10 Ways in which ALA’s Pardee Learning Commons Redefines Learning

10 Years On: Gavin Peter Reflects on ALA Then, and Now

103 Amazing Young Leaders Offered Admission to ALA’s Second Class

15 Key DIY Life Hacks to Thriving at ALA

16 ALA Students Participate at Harvard and Georgetown Model United Nations

2012 ANZISHA PRIZE FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

2016 Anzisha Prize Applications Open

2018 Graduation Speeches [Video]

2019 Anzisha Prize Applications Open

2019 Global Scholars Program Welcomes Young Leaders from 20 Countries

2019 Sundance Film Festival celebrates The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

2021 Leadership Symposium Celebrates Extraordinary Research by New Graduates

2022 Founders Day Sports Carnival: ALA Campus Life Returns

2022 Global Scholars Program Applications are Open

21-year old Congolese Entrepreneur Wins $25,000 as 2019 Anzisha Prize Winner

21-year-old Egyptian entrepreneur wins the 10th Anzisha Prize

27 BUILD-in-a-Box Camps Hosted across Africa

400 Finalists Named from 1700 Applicants; Founder Chris Bradford Speaks About Admissions Process

6 Things You Didn’t Know About ALA’s Student Enterprise Program

6000 Days Until Africa Has The World’s Largest Workforce

7 Reasons to apply early to African Leadership Academy

97 Students from 29 Countries Join the Inaugural Class

A Close-up of Life on Campus: A Video by ALA Student

A Conversation: Reimagining Africa’s Future

A Decennial Worth Celebrating

A Man Called Khesa

A Message from ALA Leadership

A multi-faceted approach to life and science

A Successful Start to the Season With Applications From All Over Africa

Abii-Tah Bih ‘14 Elected Student Body President at Michigan State University.

Acha Leke, Edwin Cameron, Others Ignite Conversations through the Executive Seminar Series

ACN Securing Internships During a Global Pandemic

Africa Career’s Network is Hosting a Baraza in Kenya

Africa Day at ALA: Celebrating our Continent’s Past, Present and Future

Africa Has To Go “country” for Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth

Africa is NOT a Country: What Teaching at ALA Taught Me

Africa Land of Opportunities – Exploring the Rich Opportunities on the African Continent

Africa Should Not Focus on Missed Opportunities

Africa’s Leaders: What Were They Doing Before 30?

Africa’s Leading Entrepreneurs

Africa’s hope lies in these young hands: Sim Shagaya, founder of Konga.com

African Futures: Using Data to Explore and Visualize the Future

African Leadership Academy & African Leadership Foundation welcome five new Board members

African Leadership Academy announces the Andrew Arkutu Fellowship

African Leadership Academy Featured in WLSA Record

African Leadership Academy Model African Union – Post Conference Report

African Leadership Academy names Bilha Ndirangu next CEO

African Leadership Academy to Award "Innovation Prizes" to Honour Future African Leaders and the Communities Who Support Them

African Leadership Academy’s Festive Rituals

African Studies Educator Mona Hakimi Shares How We Extend Beyond Borders and Nationalities in “My Story”

Agriculture Entrepreneur From Madagascar Wins $25,000 2016 Anzisha Grand Prize

Aida Ndiaye ’09 – Connecting People, Governments and Technology

Akan Nelson ‘09 is Improving Financial Literacy for Financial Inclusion in Africa

AL for Agribusiness Announces Partnership with Small Foundation

AL for Governance Launches Umholi we Africa Public Leadership Fellowship

ALA Graduation 2018 – Gallery

ALA launches Catalyst Term

ALA Admits 106 Students from 29 Nations to Inaugural Class of 2008

ALA All Community Call unites students and staffulty around the globe

ALA Alum Wins 2nd Prize at Smith College-Hosted Draper Competition

ALA Alum Wins Top Prize at Rice 360°

ALA Alumna Cynthia Okoye ‘14 Wins Bill Gates Sr. Prize

ALA Alumna Geraldine Mukumbi ‘11 Named Knight-Hennessy Scholar-Elect

ALA Alumni Attend Professional Development ‘Baraza’ in New York

ALA Alumni Bradley Opere on Politics, Life and Innovation

ALA alumni Ellen Chilemba Wins Top Accolade and Grand Prize

ALA Alumni Emerge as Prize Winners at Oxford Africa Conference

ALA Alumni Female Vocalist Group, Malkia the Band Performs at UN Women’s International Youth Day 2020

ALA alumnus Beauclaire Mbanya ’14 is Cameroon’s First Rhodes Scholar

ALA Alumnus Kudzai Mbinda ’16 Named Rhodes Scholar-Elect

ALA Alumnus Mope Khati ’11 Wins Seat in Lesotho Parliament

ALA Alumnus On His Pursuit Of Being #OxfordEddiecated

ALA and Cisco Announce Creation of Cisco Scholars Program!

ALA and Credit Suisse Partner to Shape Young Leaders

ALA ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY ESSAY COMPETITION

ALA Announces International Youth Day Essay Winners

ALA Awarded Siebel Scholars Impact Award

ALA Baraza: Power Careers Of Young Leaders In South Africa and Uganda

ALA Bezos Scholars Celebrate a Decade of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

ALA BREAKS GROUND ON NEW DORMITORY

ALA Celebrated at Leadership Dialogue in New York City

ALA CELEBRATES 21 SOUTH AFRICAN ICONS

ALA Celebrates Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs

ALA CELEBRATES INAUGURAL CLASS AT NEW YORK EVENT

ALA Celebrates the Class of 2021

ALA Clenches Derby Day Cup

ALA Co-Founder Fred Swaniker honored at the 2019 #Time100.

ALA Co-Founders Chris Bradford and Fred Swaniker Named 2006 Echoing Green Fellows

ALA Coca-Cola Scholars Induction Day

ALA DeJen Parents Association hosts Parents Weekend

ALA Does Something Cool

ALA Founder Fred Swaniker on CNN

ALA Founder Fred Swaniker Speaks at TED Global Conference in Tanzania

ALA GRADUATE LAUNCHES GLOBAL INITIATIVE

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

ALA Graduates Class of 2013

ALA GRADUATES FIFTH COHORT OF YOUNG LEADERS

ALA Graduates its Fourth Cohort of Students

ALA Graduates its third cohort of students

ALA Graduates Takondwa Semphere ’11 and Marie Elimbi ’10 Honored with Scholarships and Awards

ALA Honors Nigerian Leader, Osaze Osifo

ALA Hosts 15 Colleges and Universities

ALA Hosts 20 Universities and Colleges

ALA HOSTS 2013 WINCHESTER INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ALA Hosts 2015 Regional Networking Cocktails and Indabas

ALA Hosts 2019 Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa Program

ALA Hosts 4th Annual Scientific Research Symposium

ALA hosts CIS College Fair

ALA Hosts Education and Health Sector Gatherings in Kenya and Rwanda

ALA Hosts Hundreds of Teenagers for Global Summer Short Courses

ALA HOSTS INAUGURAL HUMANITIES RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

ALA Ideas Festival Coming Soon! March 24, 2012

ALA Invests in Early Career Transitions at 2019 Professional Development Barazas

ALA Joins Global Online Academy

ALA Launches #ALAGivesBack Campaign

ALA launches Africa Careers Network

ALA Makes a Splash at MIT Entrepreneurship Conference

ALA Makes Its Mark at the World Economic Forum

ALA Model African Union’s Lasting Impact on Africa’s Young Leaders

ALA MOURNS THE PASSING OF NELSON MANDELA

ALA NAMED ONE OF TEN PARTNERS IN THE MASTERCARD FOUNDATION SCHOLARS PROGRAM

ALA ORGANIZES INAUGURAL MODEL AFRICAN UNION

ALA Partners with Chevron to Deliver Summer Engineering Academy

ALA Partners with KIVA to support new students

ALA partners with the Project Management Institute Educational Foundation (PMIEF)

ALA Prize Expands to Continent-Wide Award

ALA Receives Donor-funded Membership to NewsDecoder

ALA Recognized as One of the World’s Most Exciting and Innovative Social Ventures

ALA RECOGNIZES EMERGING AFRICAN LEADERS

ALA selected as the only African school in GALESS TiltShift Challenge

ALA set to globally showcase unique entrepreneurship curriculum at World Education Week

ALA Staff and Anzisha Fellows Make a Splash at ALN2016 Conference

ALA Staffulty Recognized Globally as Changemakers on the Continent

ALA Student Government in a Nutshell

ALA Student Writes, Composes, Teaches, and Conducts an Exciting New Song

ALA Students Awarded Top Prizes in News Decoder Global Storytelling Contest

ALA Students in Final Round of 2017 CFO Junior Case Study Competition

ALA Students Join Network of Rise’s Global Winners

ALA Students Present at the One Foundation

ALA Students Present Research on Climate Change in Africa

ALA Students Spark Change in their Communities through the Global Online Academy

ALA STUDENTS SPEAK AT THE ECONOMIST SUMMIT

ALA Students Sweep 2012 Science Olympiad

ALA Transformations: Finding Your Voice in the Crowd

ALA Visits the White House

ALA welcomes 130 young leaders for 2015 GSP

ALA WELCOMES 98 NEW YOUNG LEADERS

ALA WELCOMES CLASS OF 2014

ALA Welcomes Fifth Cohort of Students

ALA Welcomes First Cohort from The School for Ethics and Global Leadership

ALA WELCOMES INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS FOR GSP 2015

ALA Welcomes New Faculty Members

ALA Young Leader Attends Annual National Youth Science Forum In Australia

ALA Young Leaders Exploring Influential Texts in Seminal Readings

ALA YOUNG LEADERS ORGANIZE SOCIAL INNOVATION CAMPS

ALA, Then and Now: Gavin Peter Reflects on the Past 10 Years

ALA’s Advisory Program

ALA’s Africa Careers Network Trains Teachers Across the Continent

ALA’s Bezos Scholars Host the 8th South African Ideas Festival

ALA’s Crisp multimedia connection: SA’s township entrepreneurs on the rise

ALA’s Homecoming Spotlight: Ellen Chilemba, Class of 2010

ALA’s Homecoming Spotlight: Goodman Lepota, Class of 2013

ALA’s Recommended Reads: Our 2018 Page Turners

ALA’s South African Ideas Festival 2016 – And the Winner Is…

ALA’s South African Ideas Festival 2019

ALA’s Year-One Students Tackle Education Access During Covid

ALA’s Young Leaders are Africa’s Change Catalysts

ALA’s “Do Something Cool” Featured on Ted Dintersmith’s Innovation Playlist

ALA’s Celebrates 11th Graduation Ceremony – Virtually

ALA’s Entrepreneurship Curriculum set to prove resilient in a turbulent year

ALA’s First Senate Candidate: Eddy Oketch

ALA’s holiday Educator Program: Teachers from the World’s Leading Schools Share What They Have Gained

ALA’s Homecoming Spotlight: Trevor Kibet

ALA’s Joel Baraka Steals Headlines After Meeting Queen

ALAMAU – Why We Do It

ALAMAU 2019 – Leveraging Africa’s Progress for Sustained Growth

ALAMAU 2021: Youth Placing Themselves at the Helm of Solution Building

ALAMAU 2022 – Propelling Vision Toward Action

ALforEducation Launches Apprentice Program to Shape Future Education Leaders

ALforEducation: A Community to Shape the Future of African Education

ALforEducation’s Growth Lab Set to Bolster Young Edupreneurs’ Potential

ALforEducation’s Little Bets Challenge Highlights Fresh Thinking in Education

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