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 […]
Africa Rising: The Opportunities and Challenges
At ALU, we believe that Africa is rising and that there is so much growth and development happening on the continent. At the same time, there are challenges and complexities that can be daunting. In line with our vision to nurture the next generation of African leaders, we have created the Africa Rising course which applicants have […]
Entertaining Africa: The Challenges & Prospects
The decolonization period in Africa marked huge growth in the African film industry. Individuals such as François Mitterand led efforts that encouraged filmmakers and producers to integrate cultural, political and economic development of the continent into African film production. Due to the fact that the majority of films made before the countries´ decolonization were racially […]
Dive in to ALU’s vision with ALU’s first intern, Astrid Arlove
Astrid is a Psychology major at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. She interned with ALU in the summer of 2014 and created the #DiveIn to ALU’s vision video when she stumbled upon a song that matched how she felt about ALU. Astrid, who is from Mauritius, reflects on her internship experience in the interview below.
How Innovative Young Africans are Fixing a Broken Education System
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Illiteracy rates in West Africa were the highest in the world in 2009, but as recently as 2013 the World Bank reported that things were turning around. Across the region, many more children, especially girls, were enrolling in primary school. Despite these significant gains in enrollment rates, the underlying problem was glaringly clear: enrolling in […]