ALU Names Mathematician and Technologist Conrad Wolfram to the Global Advisory Council
ALU is proud to welcome Conrad Wolfram, physicist, mathematician and technologist to the Global Advisory Council. Wolfram is the Strategic Director and European co-founder/CEO of the Wolfram Group of Companies. Described as the place where “Computation meets Knowledge” and the “The Math Company”, the Wolfram Group specializes in pushing boundaries at the intersection of computation, […]
MyElimu: Taking Education Out of the Classroom
Growing up Given Edward had to wake up at 5am each day if he wanted to make it to school on time. His journey involved two buses and two hours of traveling. This was tough for him especially when he had to start his journey back home because students would meet to discuss what they […]
Martha Chumo: The Self-Taught Developer making Technology Relevant in Kenya
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Nairobi Dev School equips youth in East Africa with computer programming skills and helps them build technology-based solutions to everyday challenges. The school was established in 2012 by Martha Chumo, a 21-year-old self-taught programmer, after she was denied a visa to study in the US. Chumo gave up a scholarship to study medicine after […]
The big… 4? Africa’s Rhino crisis
At the turn of the century, the world-wide population of Rhino came in at about 500 000, mainly situated in Africa and Asia. This is a small number, and although conservation efforts are in full swing, poaching of the Rhino has increased intensely over the last 5 years. In 2011, The Western Black Rhino was […]
Leadership Lessons from Lerato Motsamai, Founder of PETROLINK and GIRLIGNITE
Lerato Motsamai is a multi-disciplinary marketing specialist and Founder of PETROLINK, an integrated liquid fuels and energy company with a special interest in the maritime sector. She also runs GIRLIGNITE, a 2-year leadership and entrepreneurship program that targets young women from Johannesburg and Hammanskraal, and provides them with coaching, training and opportunities to conceive and create a better future for themselves.
EARTH University’s Dr. José Zaglul Joins ALU’s Global Advisory Council
ALU is privileged to have Dr. José A. Zaglul, President of EARTH University, on the Global Advisory Council. EARTH University is an international, private, not-for-profit institution in Costa Rica, dedicated to preparing leaders with ethical values to contribute to the sustainable development of the tropics and to construct a prosperous and just society. Dr. Zaglul […]