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South Africa: The African Leadership Academy

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 @ 12:05 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:: South Africa
Topics:: Education, Youth
Languages:: English

Ladybrille writes about the African Leadership Academy: “Founded by four dynamic individuals: Fred Swaniker, Chris Bradford, Peter Mombaur and Acha Leke, the ALA is an organization committed to developing the next generation of African leaders. The Academy, located in the outskirts of Johannesburg in South Africa, boast a world class co-educational secondary [high school] boarding school.”

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elmahdi oummih

Thank you for your help in spreading the word about the African Leadership Academy.

# 2009-03-20 at 22:31 pm

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Moroccan Patriot

I hope that you have had the chance to see the news stories on William, one of our students from Malawi.

For those interested in getting application information on how to apply for the African Leadership Academy, please contact me at eoummih@africanleadershipacademy.org

# 2009-10-9 at 22:48 pm

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