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 […]
How to Launch a Company with $10
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“As an entrepreneur, there is the tendency to think that money is what gets things done,” said Olumide Adeleye, the founder of the Twim Academy in Idaban, Nigeria, a school of media and creative arts. He has a different take on what’s required when starting a business—he launched his as a first-year college student, with […]
8 Distinctive Things About ALU
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The African continent is in a leadership crisis. A lot of the continent’s challenges and missed opportunities can be resolved through sound direction and goal setting by leaders. Our goal at ALU is to fix this problem and transform Africa by investing in its most untapped resource – its people. Through education, we will develop […]
GCU’s Professor Pamela Gillies CBE Joins ALU’s Advisory Council
Professor Pamela Gillies CBE, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), has joined ALU’s Global Advisory Council. Regarded as one of the UK’s most dynamic and innovative universities, GCU and ALU have partnered to develop the ALU curriculum. GCU has an excellent track record of getting its graduates into employment, 96 percent of its graduates are […]
Tertiary Education in Africa: The Missing Ingredient
ALU’s inaugural class weighs in on what is missing in tertiary level education in Africa.