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Humans of ALA: Layne Haila

“The more you fail, the more you know how not to do things. It’s like Edison – he failed like 999 times. He knows how; he became successful in the last attempts, so he knows 999 ways how not to make the good things and one way how to make the things. As you experience more failures, the more knowledge you’ll have on how not to do things. I’ve missed a lot of things, but I am happy with the things…

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Humans of ALA: Dan Deng Chol I was born into a polygamous family. It is a South Sudanese tradition for husbands to have two or more wives, so my dad had four wives.

Humans of ALA: Sean Karanja

Humans of ALA is a series that spotlights members of the ALA community. “I learnt how to be a shark. I learnt how to ask for what I wanted, and if they said no, I learnt how to get what I wanted. I also learnt how to work hard. I was talking to the founder of Draper University, Tim Draper – billionaire, wonderful guy. He told me about the 40% rule. It’s something that the US Marines believe in,…

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On the 14th of February, Tamasha organised a Valentines Ball for the student body. Lovely dresses and clean cut tuxedos met upbeat music and great snacks as students simply enjoyed the night.

February 14th: Valentines Ball On the 14th of February, Tamasha organised a Valentines Ball for the student body. Lovely dresses and clean cut tuxedos met upbeat music and great snacks as students simply enjoyed the night.

On the 21st of January, the girls’ halls gathered together to battle it off for The Mask. Six competitions were held between Athena, Twawana, Gaga, Malaika, and the new hall: Sayyida.

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Amidst the Rubik’s cube solving, choreographing and balloon relay running, The Office, Titans, Classified, Jeshi and Olympus cheered on their sister halls.

The event ended in a dance competition between the halls who were charged with forming a choreography to Sitya Loss by Eddy Kenzo.

By the end of a grueling, spirited afternoon, Malaika hall became the new guardian of The Mask, which was previously possessed by Athena.

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Battle of The Mask 2017 On the 21st of January, the girls' halls gathered together to battle it off for The Mask.

On the 14th of January, Africa Land of Opportunities Day took place. The entire ALA community came out in traditional attire to celebrate the role of women in developing the continent.

The day got off to a vibrant start with a series of performances held in the auditorium. Nour Cherradi, Daniel Chege and Asmae kicked of ALOO with an instrumental performance riddled with elaborate finger-picking and harmonious chords. Cloud 9’s rendition of Superwoman by Alicia Keys left the room thundering with applause. The event also featured a performance by African Dance, and a theatrical performance by Marubini and Lutho.

After the event, students, guests, and staffulty proceeded to their workshops for engaging conversations about topics ranging from Gender Violence to ‘The Female Profiles in Continentally-Consumed Contemporary Nigerian Music’.

The last feature of ALOO was a community arts project where members of the ALA community left their hand-prints on a banner to commemorate the day.

ALOO 2017 Africa Rising: Women On the 14th of January, Africa Land of Opportunities Day took place. The entire ALA community came out in traditional attire to celebrate the role of women in developing the continent.

Talaaw Reflections

It’s been a month since the entire ALA community came out in a flurry of colours and smiles to celebrate the start of the academic year. As the academy ushered in its largest ever cohort of students and a new Dean: Mr. Eltayeb, the environment surged with excitement for the year ahead.. Here are some pictures to remind you of the amazing event.

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It's Nile House who's got the biggest brains.

It’s Nile House who’s got the biggest brains.

The House Event for March held on March 11th 2016 and the quest was to find out which house possesses the biggest brains. The Battle of the Brains spread across History, General Knowledge, Geography and Pop Culture. All African you know cos that’s what we’re all about. In the first event, 30 seconds, Houses had to amass 10 points in as fast as possible. In this category, Zambezi and Volta prove…

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Team ALA Volleyball Claim 3rd Place in Goliath Cup

Read about how Team ALA Volleyball claimed the 3rd position in the just concluded Goliath Cup.

Since we blasted Team ALA’s male Volleyball Team for a loss in late January they went on what Future Hendrix would call Beast Mode and lost no more regular season games beating schools like Bophelo, Dominican and Krugersdorp Boys High School in their march to the Final 4.The girls on the other hand suffered a series of defeats and ended up in 7th position out of 14. The largely first year team…

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The Best of North Africa; a definitely incredible Cultural Exchange

On Friday, the 5th of February 2016, the North Africans ended the Parents Weekend in a blast with their Cultural Exchange. The Cultural Exchange took place from 7:30-8:30 in the school auditorium and was short, simple, but definitely exciting. The decoration was definitely eye catching as the candlelights caught the attention of people as we mingled around waiting for the doors to open. The…

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Reabetswe Molapo: Pioneering the development of an entrepreneurial mindset.

The Distinguished Guest Speaker Program relaunched this 2016 with Reabetswe Molapo in January. Check out some of her major keys for success. Bless up!

Limpopo-Polokwane-born, Reabetswe Molapo is a youngster who believes in the principle of paying it forward and has plans of making a visible difference in the South African youth. As a young girl she was still unsure which career she wanted to follow. She is a young woman that does not believe really knew exactly what she wanted to be, but she knew that she wanted to be someone great – and that…

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Thulani Madondo

In this week of the Distinguished Guest Speaker series, the African Leadership Academy welcomed Mr. Thulani Madondo, a young South-African born and bred man in the local community of Kliptown. His story is powerful, invigorating and inspirational as he grew up amidst struggles, not being able to achieve tertiary education, but rather than using that as a weakness, he saw it as an opportunity to…

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Has the tide turned for ALA Volleyball?

In our report on Team ALA’s Volleyball teams last week, we asked when the tide shall change for Team ALA’s Volleyball teams. It is safe to say, that might have happened already as in last week’s fixture in the Goliath Cup, both Team ALA’s teams came out victorious. On the female side, ALA took on St Mary’s A and B teams and dominated in both games winning both games 2 sets to nil. In the male…

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Once again: Do Something Cool a.k.a DSC

Last week, The Academy Did Something Cool!

For the past two years, both students and staff take two days off their work to engage in a fusion of creativity, inspiration, guts and skill. These two days are commonly known as Do Something Cool, which is an initiative created by the Center of Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) Department. When you take ALA people and ask them to dedicate their right side of the brain for two days, something…

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ALA Female Soccer Team demolished by Rand Girls.

Team ALA's Female Soccer team "white-washed" by Rand Girls.

On Wednesday 3rd February, Team ALA took on Rand Girls High School in their first fixture of the year. In the first half of the game, ALA defended strong in the twenty five minute half and it looked like we had a strong defence that could stand the test of time. In the opening 10 minutes of the second half however, a loss of focus cost ALA the game. In less than 6 minutes, Team ALA conceded three…

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ALA alums across the world stay doing some of the coolest things you get to hear about and this past week it was ALA Class of 2013’s Ademide Adepetun who made his way to Vogue Italia.

The fab creative in which Ademide features, titled ‘Lost In Color‘ is shot on a serene Nigerian beach.

Check it out below.

Source: Bella Naija

Check out ALA alum, @Ademide_Ade's Vogue Italia feature. #GOALS ALA alums across the world stay doing some of the coolest things you get to hear about and this past week it was ALA Class of 2013's Ademide Adepetun who made his way to Vogue Italia.

Titans fall to Staffulty at soccer challenge.

In opening Staffulty Challenge of 2016, Titans fall to Staffulty at soccer. Titans 5-6 Staffulty. This week, Staffulty take on Jeshi.

Members of Staffulty have introduced a new series of Staffulty Challenges where every Thursday a member of staff and a team take on a division from the student population. To launch the challenges, Senor Diego Ontaneda from Peru challenged Battle of the Axe winners, Titans Hall, to a 5-aside soccer game. Titans put up a good battle however, they were not enough for the Staffulty. In the first…

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