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CEO of African Leadership Academy attends business leadership event | Tunde Folawiyo
Recently, the annual MTN Business World Executive Breakfast Meeting was held in Accra; the purpose of this event is to provide Ghanaian entrepreneurs, senior management professionals and CEOs with the opportunity to discuss important issues, network and engage with one another. The theme for this year’s meeting was leadership in business, a subject which is […]
Siebel Scholars Impact Award | Tunde Folawiyo
Chris Bradford, the co-founder of the African Leadership Academy, is a Siebel Scholar, who graduated from Stanford’s business school nine years ago. Last year, the ALA – arguably Bradford and Fred Swaniker’s most successful initiative to date – was the recipient of the Siebel Scholars Impact Award. The purpose of this $250,000 award is to […]
History of the African Leadership Academy | Tunde Folawiyo
With the encouragement of many valued supporters throughout Africa, including Tunde Folawiyo, the prestigious African Leadership Academy stands as one of the continent’s leading institutions for learning. Encouraging personal growth, outstanding leadership and exceptional entrepreneurial training to its hundreds of students yearly, the African Leadership Academy’s secondary boarding and their comprehensive curriculum are focused on […]
Contributing to the African Leadership Academy | Tunde Folawiyo
In its quest to foster today’s African youth toward the ultimate goal of successful leadership, the African Leadership Academy (ALA) relies heavily on its partnerships with various individuals, corporations and groups in order to fully provide a safe, secure and thoroughly beneficial learning experience for the institution’s hundreds of exceptional students. With the valued support […]
The African Leadership Academy’s approach to education | Tunde Folawiyo
Anyone with an interest in youth development programmes and education will be familiar with the African Leadership Academy, a boarding school in South Africa, which aims to help its students gain a better understanding of what it means to be an ethical, effective leader. Over the next five decades, the ALA intends to create a […]
Fred Swaniker explains the goals of the ALA | Tunde Folawiyo
One of Ghana’s most successful entrepreneurs, Fred Swaniker, was recently interviewed about the African Leadership Academy, which he co-founded over a decade ago. He explained that, very early on in his life, he had realised that there was a distinct lack of visionary, ethical leaders in Africa, and that it was this deficit which was […]
A look at one of the ALA’s young entrepreneurs | Tunde Folawiyo
The African Leadership Academy is designed to provide young Africans with the opportunity to better themselves, and reach their full potential. It has been very successful in this regard, with many of its students going on to establish their own entrepreneurial projects. This is why many people, including Tunde Folawiyo, continue to offer their support […]
Applying to the African Leadership Academy | Tunde Folawiyo
The African Leadership Academy is a premier Pan-African institution, encouraging the development of today’s youth and tomorrow’s future African leaders. Founded in 2004, the prestigious African Leadership Academy was open to students in 2008 and remains one of the continent’s foremost learning institutions, due to the encouragement fostered by millions of supporters, including Tunde Folawiyo. […]
ALA students attend summit on African development | Tunde Folawiyo
With the help of businessmen like Tunde Folawiyo, the African Leadership Academy is able to broaden the horizons of its students, not only by offering them a theoretical education, but also by bringing them along to important events, such as the Economist Africa Summit, which was held earlier this year in London. Two young leaders […]
ALA essay competition enables young people to offer solutions to Africa’s most pressing issues | Tunde Folawiyo
Members of the Global Advisory Board, including Tunde Folawiyo have helped the African Leadership Academy to become what it is today; one of the leading educational institutes for young people in Africa. It was founded by Fred Swaniker, a man from Ghana, who wanted to find a way to tackle some of Africa’s biggest problems; […]