African Leadership University

Why Africa Needs Moonshot Thinking

In his speech at the ALU Grand Opening gala dinner, ALU Founder and CEO Fred Swaniker shared his belief that Africa needs moonshot thinking if it is to catch up with the rest of the world. A moonshot is a big, bold, audacious goal that is beyond most people’s imagination. The original moonshot idea was […]

Student Blog: Hugh Masekela on Culture, The Arts and Fame

South African two-time Grammy winner and jazz legend, Hugh Masekela was on campus for the ALU Grand Opening celebration last week. A few of us got to sit with him and ask about everything from culture to dealing with fame. Here are some of the pearls of wisdom he shared: On Music and fame You […]

From Moonshot Thinking to the ALU Grand Opening

Founder and CEO of ALU, Fred Swaniker, had an idea in 2014 to transform the way education is done on the African continent. That idea turned into a small office of 4 in South Africa, worked its way up to welcoming its inaugural class of 176 students from 30 African countries in January 2016 to […]

Reimagine Education: Turning Innovation into Reality

On March 16, 2016, ALU hosted its first ReImagine Education Conference (RIE), bringing together educators and leaders in education from across the globe to our African Leadership College (ALC) campus in Mauritius for a day of engaging, forward-thinking discussions about innovative education practices in the 21st century. In true ALU fashion, participants explored various aspects […]

How Alyssa Baylor found Education in Africa

Alyssa Baylor is one of the founding faculty members of ALU’s Leadership Core course, Communicating for Impact. She has a degree in International Relations from Trinity College in Connecticut, USA. Alyssa is from Brooklyn, New York. In the Beginning “I grew up in a very diverse community, from my perspective.” Surrounded by people of African, African-American, […]