Tag Archive | Africa
Supporting the African Leadership Academy | Tunde Folawiyo
With its prominence as a premiere Pan-African institution dedicated to encouraging the growth and education of Africa’s most talented youth, the African Leadership Academy (ALA) relies greatly on the support of its various individuals, corporations and groups in order to fully operate and maintain a supremely safe, secure and extraordinarily valuable learning experience for the […]
Standards of the African Leadership Academy | Tunde Folawiyo
With an everlasting mission to encourage the personal development and future success of Africa’s youth, the African Leadership Academy serves as a premier Pan-African institution promoting the fostering of today’s future African leaders. Established in 2004, the prestigious African Leadership Academy remains one of the continent’s foremost learning institutions. Through the continued support and encouragement […]
What type of people does the ALA accept into its school? | Tunde Folawiyo
Anyone who, like Tunde Folawiyo, is interested in youth development projects, will be familiar with the African Leadership Academy. Despite being a relatively new school, the ALA is now considered by many to be one of the finest educational institutes on the continent. One of the reasons for its success is its strict selection criteria; […]
How one ALA student is changing the face of African literature | Tunde Folawiyo
It’s little wonder so many people, including Tunde Folawiyo, support institutes like the African Leadership Academy. The success of the projects launched by the ALA’s students is quite astonishing, with virtually all of them having had an enormously positive impact on the lives of people across Africa. The work of Priscilla Semphere, a recent graduate […]
Fred Swaniker – changing Africa for the better | Tunde Folawiyo
Fred Swaniker, a well-known Ghanaian entrepreneur, has accomplished many things over the course of his relatively brief career; however, his most notable achievement is undoubtedly the co-founding of the African Leadership Academy, a boarding school which has providing hundreds of talented young people across the continent with the opportunity to learn about leadership, and entrepreneurialism. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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; […]