Written by: Sidikat Olajuwon “I Believe in People.” “Everyone has a story to share, and this connects us as people.” From a refugee camp in Uganda to African Leadership University (ALU) in Rwanda, this student’s life story is one of inspiration, resilience, and determination. …

Dear Lagos, or so the love letter would begin. Dotted with high rises, a buzzing commuting system and booming population, Lagos is the gateway to Nigeria and, the newest location of ALU’s hub. …

You never really know a place until you have visited it more than once or lived there. When Chiedza Skyum visited Kigali for the first time in 2019, she fell in love with the city. The second time she was in Kigali, she came to stay. During her initial tourist…

by Lyndon Rego | Director, Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership at ALU A decade or so ago I was talking to a remarkable change agent named Eboo Patel in Chicago. He talked about two mindsets: One is focused on pointing out what’s wrong in the world and another that focuses on…

by Michi Ferreol | Launchpad Programme Lead at ALX To be the #1 Most Innovative Company in Africa, our teams at ALU and ALXhave had to move fast and iterate quickly. Most of us like to say that we are “building the plane as we fly it.” Of course, this…

by Lyndon Rego | Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at ALU In a conversation a while back, I was challenged by an acquaintance about the need for leadership development for all students. Embedded in the question was the idea that leadership is about leaders and followers. …

by Christopher O.H. Williams, Expert-in-Residence at ALC Mauritius In 1997, McKinsey announced that a war for talent was underway. Baby boomers were leaving the workforce faster than trained employees were replacing them, and big companies were finding it difficult to attract and retain good people. As a recent undergrad living…

by Gaidi Faraj, Dean of Faculty & Academic Affairs at ALU Thomas Sankara once said, “We must dare to invent the future.” At ALU, we want students to imagine a new world. Our education focuses on innovative problem-solving in order to transform the continent and the world. “You cannot carry…

Last night, I finally decided to sit down and write this speech, as I sat on my bed, an empty word document in front of me, I thought to myself — how did we even get here? I realised that it was no longer just about saying a few welcoming…