Tag Archive | Global Scholars Program
The Launch of Global Leadership Adventures
The African Leadership Academy is an organisation committed to promoting the continent thorough educating African youths to serve as future leaders in business, politics, the sciences and other fields. The residential secondary school, located in Johannesburg, South Africa, was founded in 2004 and opened in 2008, with a first class comprised of nearly 100 students. […]
Tunde Folawiyo | African Leadership Academy: Global Scholars Program
Since its establishment, the Global Scholars Program of the African Leadership Academy has served as a means to extend the teachings of the institution beyond its student body. The summer programme seeks to offer participants the entire ALA experience, inspiring teens throughout Africa to reach for brighter futures for the communities that surround them. Students […]
Tunde Folawiyo | The ALA and the MasterCard Foundation – changing lives for the better
Those who are familiar with the ALA, like Tunde Folawiyo, might know that the MasterCard Foundation has been working with the academy for several years now, and in 2012, chose to renew its partnership, in a bid to expand the Anzisha Prize, and improve its Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership. The collaborative efforts of the ALA […]
Tunde Folawiyo | ALA Holds Event Celebrating Inaugural Class
Since its establishment in 2004, the African Leadership Academy has continually sought to encourage youth throughout Africa toward making positive impacts in their respective communities. Nearly a decade has passed since the inaugural class of the academy walked the halls for the first time, about to embark on a new journey that would see them […]
Tunde Folawiyo | A guide to the ALA’s Global Scholars Programme
In addition to offering a full-time two year course, the African Leadership Academy also runs an annual event called the Global Scholars Programme. Tunde Folawiyo, and others who are familiar with the ALA, might know that this is an intensive summer camp designed for teenagers, which aims to provide them with as much information regarding […]
Tunde Folawiyo | African Leadership Academy’s Global Scholars Program
In furthering its commitment to promoting the development and future success of Africa’s youth, the African Leadership Academy remains one of the continent’s foremost learning institutions, employing a variety of methods to ensure its students graduate with an utmost understanding of the issues facing the continent. Through the ongoing support of the academy’s valued proponents, […]