Students choose ALU because they want hands-on, real-world experience led by some of the world’s most innovative educators. They want a place that does not limit their potential with old rules but believes in their capacity to solve Africa’s most significant challenges in new ways. They want their time at a university to lead them to a job or even to launch a company or create social impact. They want to be part of a global network committed to their success.
Watch and listen to the amazing stories and impact created by students of the African Leadership University. Students at ALU declare missions - rather than choose majors - to solve Africa’s greatest challenges with creative, transformative solutions while developing the skills to put those solutions into action.
How the African Leadership University Plans to Tackle Africa's Problem
‘It’s Time Africa Had Its Own Harvard.’ Inside a University Training African Leaders to Solve African Problems.Time – 11/06/2019
'Do Hard Things.' Fred Swaniker Gives Inspirational Toast at 2019 TIME
2019 TIME 100 honoree Fred Swaniker urged everyone in the room to keep doing “hard things” in a powerful toast at the 2019 TIME 100 Gala.Time – 24/04/2019
The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies
#1 in Africa and #39 in the World, African Leadership University, for scaling higher education for Africa's rising generation.Fast Company – 02/02/2019
How to unlock the talents of young Africans
An entrepreneur from Ghana on the continent’s next generation.Gates Notes – 12/09/2018
“We need to completely reimagine education”
Are traditional approaches to education still relevant in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution? Fred Swaniker doesn't think so.BOLD – 15/10/2018