8 Must-Read Books on Leadership, Productivity and Success for Young Leaders
“Champions don’t do extraordinary things. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the other team to react. They follow the habits they’ve learned.” – Charles Duhigg
6 Leadership Lessons from Saran Kaba Jones
Saran Kaba Jones is the Founder and CEO of FACE Africa, an organization focused on strengthening water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure and services in rural communities across sub-Saharan Africa. She was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Fellow in 2013 and has been profiled in The Boston Globe, CNN, Forbes and other major publications for her work with FACE Africa.
Meet Sam Kodo, the computer whizz from Togo who built his first robot at age seven
“I could make many, many things with that,” said Sam Kodo, looking at a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini. Where most people see only a phone, 23-year-old Kodo sees a combination of components that can be taken apart and used to make a PC, or a robot that plays football. But then again, he is not […]
Navigating the culture-corruption conundrum
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Culture has often been described as the way of life of a group of people. It influences what they eat, wear, their customs and social behaviour. Many African cultures involve the act of gift giving. You give a gift as a sign of gratitude when someone helps you, even if the help they offered was […]
5 Young Social Entrepreneurs Addressing Youth Employment in Africa
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]African business and political leaders, including Zambia Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda, have described Africa’s youth employment challenge as a “ticking time bomb.” The deepening gap between young people’s skills and the needs of employers has been linked to education systems that simply are not up to snuff, but also to a general lack of faith […]
What is leadership?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Although the question of what leadership is may at first seem simple many find it difficult to answer. For some it is the ability to move a group towards a vision while for others it is about being able to serve. In our #LeadershipIs series, we ask leaders who embody ALU’s values what their definition […]