ALA Gambia Student Recruitment Press Release.
ALA Gambia Student Recruitment Press Release.
Dear Editor,

 

African Leadership Academy, a world-class pan-African boarding school in
South Africa, has launched its student recruitment drive!

 

African Leadership Academy’s admissions team is working across the continent
to identify the most outstanding 15-17 year old leaders to apply to join our
inaugural class in September 2008. We are looking for promising girls and
boys from a variety of ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds, who
will ultimately lead the continent.

 

We believe that an article appearing in your publication would highlight
this exciting opportunity for top Ugandan students and I have attached a
press release providing more information regarding the Academy. As detailed
in the release, ALA is offering opportunities for the top young leaders from
Uganda, with financial assistance available for students with financial
need.

 

Should you require additional information, I can be reached at +27 (0) 82
414 2245 or via email at HYPERLINK
"mailto:vsokupa@africanleadershipacademy.org"vsokupa@africanleadershipacadem
y.org.  In addition Ms. Ivy Mwai, the Academy’s Associate Director of
Admissions for East Africa, is available for questions or comments.  Ms
Mwai’s details are provided in the enclosed press release.

 

For additional information about the Academy please visit our website at
HYPERLINK
"http://www.africanleadershipacademy.org/"www.africanleadershipacademy.org

 

 

Thank you for your time and attention,

 

Vuyo Sokupa

 

 

 

AFRICAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY – PRESS RELEASE

 

 

For Immediate Release

14 September 2007

 

 

WORLD-CLASS SECONDARY SCHOOL SEEKS GAMBIA’S MOST OUTSTANDING YOUNG LEADERS

 

African Leadership Academy (ALA), a world-class, pan-African secondary
boarding school located on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, has
announced that it is recruiting young leaders ages 15-17 from across Gambia
for its inaugural class.

 

“We are looking for Gambia’s most promising young leaders – girls and boys –
to join our inaugural class,” says African Leadership Academy Dean
Christopher Khaemba. “Entry into the Academy will be based on merit alone,
without regard to each student’s financial means. African Leadership
Academy’s extensive scholarship fund seeks to enable all qualified students
to attend.”

 

African Leadership Academy seeks to transform Africa by developing and
supporting future generations of leaders in Africa’s public, private, and
social sectors. ALA will select its first class of 100 students from across
the African continent by April 2008, and admitted students will begin their
two years at the Academy in September 2008. At ALA, students will complete
an innovative two-year program that combines world-class ‘Advanced-level’
academic training with a unique curriculum in leadership, entrepreneurship,
and African studies. ALA graduates will attend the world’s finest
universities and will ultimately form a powerful, pan-African network of
individuals committed to creating peace and prosperity on the continent.

 

African Leadership Academy aspires to one day bring the most promising young
leaders from all 54 African countries to its campus in South Africa. Bineta
Mbacké, Associate Director of Admissions for the West Africa region, says
that “African Leadership Academy will initially focus our recruiting efforts
on a subset of countries that will deliver an inaugural class with broad
cultural, ethnic, regional, national, and religious diversity. In addition
to recruiting outstanding boys and girls from across Gambia, we are actively
recruiting outstanding students from Senegal, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Mali,
Burkina Faso, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Egypt, Morocco,
Tunisia, Nigeria, Ghana, the DRC, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and
Mozambique.”

 

Ms. Mbacké is African Leadership Academy’s lead recruiter in West Africa.
She will be visiting schools across the country and encouraging applications
from students of all backgrounds who meet the Academy’s rigorous admissions
criteria. ALA seeks bold, dynamic young leaders who are outstanding students
and committed to their communities.

 

With its accomplished student body and unique curriculum, African Leadership
Academy will be unlike any other school in the world. Students at ALA will
have the opportunity to work with other bright young leaders from across the
continent on entrepreneurial projects to develop innovative solutions to the
continent’s most pressing challenges, such as poverty alleviation, health
care provision, and economic development. Each student will be matched to a
distinguished personal mentor and will have the opportunity to attend
frequent guest lectures by prominent leaders and entrepreneurs.

 

African Leadership Academy is led by Dean Christopher Khaemba of Kenya, a
renowned school leader who previously served as Principal of Alliance High
School, Kenya’s leading secondary school. At Alliance, Khaemba successfully
placed at least thirty students at top universities in the USA – including
Harvard, Yale, and MIT – each year, with most of these students receiving
full scholarships. At African Leadership Academy, Khaemba will be supported
by an outstanding team of faculty from across Africa and around the world.

 

The ALA admissions process will be “very rigorous,” notes Ms. Mbacké.
Interested students must complete a written application, write an essay, and
submit academic reports from their school. Finalists will complete a written
entrance examination and be interviewed by members of the Academy’s staff.
Students may learn more and download an application at ALA’s website,
HYPERLINK
"http://www.africanleadershipacacademy.org/"www.africanleadershipacacademy.o
rg.

 

“We seek young people with the passion and courage required to be an agent
of positive change on the African continent,” says Dean Khaemba. “I believe
African Leadership Academy will provide an unparalleled opportunity for
outstanding young leaders to realize their immense potential. I know that
there are a large number of incredible young people in Gambia who have the
potential to transform this continent. I hope many of them will choose to
apply to ALA.”

 

 

 

BY:                                                                  African
Leadership Academy
CONTACT:                                                    Bineta Mbacké,
Associate Director of Admissions
E-mail:
HYPERLINK
"mailto:bmbacke@africanleadershipacademy.org"bmbacke@africanleadershipacadem
y.org

Telephone:                                                      +221 375
6000

 

Should you write an article using this press release, African Leadership
Academy would like to post the article on its website. Please email any
articles to HYPERLINK
"mailto:info@africanleadershipacademy.org"info@africanleadershipacademy.org
or fax to +27 11 252 6190

 

 

 

 

Vuyo Sokupa

Office Manager

African Leadership Academy

Tel: +27 (0) 82 414 2245

Off:  +27(0) 11 884 3710

Fax: +27 (0) 11 252 6190

Email: HYPERLINK
"mailto:vsokupa@africanleadershipacademy.org"vsokupa@africanleadershipacadem
y.org

Website: HYPERLINK
"http://www.africanleadershipacademy.org/"www.africanleadershipacademy.org

 

Developing the next generation of African leaders

 


Posted on Friday, September 14, 2007 (Archive on Tuesday, September 25, 2007)
Posted by PNMBAI  Contributed by PNMBAI
Return