African Leadership University

An Open Letter to ALU, Sincerely, Alpha Bangura

Dear ALU, I write to express my heartfelt gratitude for giving me this golden opportunity to come this far in your admission process; especially for choosing me to participate in the Africa Rising course. Since I left high school (Prince of Wales School) in 2012, I have never participated in an academic challenge as rigorous […]

Feeding Africa’s Billion

“The single most pressing challenge facing Africa’s governments is to harness the continent’s increasing wealth and use it to improve people’s lives. Agriculture is at the heart of that challenge,” says the Africa Progress Panel’s 2014 report. Indeed, agriculture is the backbone of most African economies as majority of the continent’s people live near or […]