Campus Address
1050 Printech Ave, Honeydew 2040 South Africa
Postal Address
Postnet Suite 413, Private Bag X1
Northcliff 2115 South Africa
Phone: +27 11 699 3000 Fax: +27 11 252 6190
Email: [email protected]
Johannesburg, South Africa– 20 May 2015
African Leadership Academy Celebrates Selection of Candidates
for its Educator Program at GSP
African Leadership Academy (ALA) is delighted to announce the third cohort of candidates for its Entrepreneurial
Leadership Educator Certificate. From nearly 200 applications only 36 have been selected to take advantage of this
unique professional development opportunity. As members of the Global Scholars Program (GSP) staff, this diverse
cohort of educators from around the world will undertake an intensive 4-week immersion into the theory, practice,
and execution of ALA’s unique brand of leadership education and development. Upon successful completion,
candidates receive first-level certification for teaching short-course programs with ALA. They will join a growing
network of educators from Africa and around the world who are committed to re-thinking educational
environments that foster 21st century skills.
Directors and Deputy Directors for 2015
Session I:
Session II:
Session III:
Ryan Findley - United States
David Tait - South Africa
Segun Olagunju - Nigeria
Connor Toohill -United States
Isaac Tsatsu – Ghana
Stacey Jones Lee – United States
Professional Educators
Ellie Law (University of Rochester) –United States
Uzo Agyare-Kumi (ALA) - Nigeria
S. Babatunde Vaughan (Genius Royal Academy) – Nigeria
Abayomi Sofolahan (Greensprings School) - Nigeria
John Igwe (Jumpstart Academy Africa) – Nigeria
Eric Kanyiri (Peponi Secondary School) - Kenya
Cheryl Matthews-Valery ( Medgar Evers CP School) - USA
Webster Magowo (ALA) - Zimbabwe
Natacha Mendes (Angolan Leadership School) - Angola
Iona Hughan (University of Notre Dame) – USA
Raven Tukes (Harvard University) – United States
Nekpen Osuan (Columbia University) - Nigeria
Iheanyi Akwitti (Supreme Education Foundation School)- Nigeria Felix Tanui (Peponi Secondary School) - Kenya
Beatrice Dankyi (University of Ghana) - Ghana
Alex Crentsil (Alpha Beta College) - Ghana
Charity Tony-Ubah (Oxbridge Tutorial College) - Nigeria
Robert Haguma (Akilah Institute) - Rwanda
Edith Mathenge (Peponi House Preparatory School) - Kenya
Elishibah Msengeti (Bethel Home) – Kenya
Chris Brennan (St. Louis Country Day School) – United States
Alisha Jean-Denis (three dot dash) – United States
Folasade Adefisayo (Leading Learning Limited) - Nigeria
ALA Alumni Educators
Thato Seerane (ALU) - South Africa
Olga Kanyansi (Skidmore College) - Uganda
Adil Nyambasha (University of Rochester) - Zimbabwe
Nora Oteri (Amherst College) - Kenya
Faridah Nalunkuuma (Agnes Scott College ) - Uganda
Mhraf Worku (Trinity College) - Ethiopia
Tony Kirumba ( ALA ) - Kenya
Oumar Ba (UC - Berkeley) - Senegal
Natalia Sikombe (John Carroll University) – Zambia
Kanizius Nsabimana ( ALA ) - Tanzania
Kalliope Kruesman (University of London) - Germany
Hayat Seid (NYU Abu-Dhabi) - Ethiopia
Nandi Mgwaba (University of Notre Dame) – South Africa
Dupe Fasawe (Reed College) – Nigeria
African Leadership Academy NPC
Reg. No. 2005/005377/08 - VAT No. 4050261918 - PBO No. 930020187
Gauteng Department of Education Reg. No. 400286
www.africanleadershipacademy.org
Campus Address
1050 Printech Ave, Honeydew 2040 South Africa
Postal Address
Postnet Suite 413, Private Bag X1
Northcliff 2115 South Africa
Phone: +27 11 699 3000 Fax: +27 11 252 6190
Email: [email protected]
About GSP
The Global Scholars Program at African Leadership Academy (GSP) is a 3-week leadership development program
for teenagers aged 15 to 19 from all over the world led by ALA’s renowned Entrepreneurial Leadership faculty, Alumni
and Educators from diverse professional backgrounds. It is an unparalleled opportunity for young people to learn and
develop the entrepreneurship and leadership skills needed to become global agents of positive change, understand
more about Africa and build powerful international connections. GSP participants have come from over 30 different
countries across the globe and historical average geographic representation has been 30% from the Americas, 20%
from Europe, 40% from Africa. They have gone on to leadership roles in their schools and to gain admission into
leading colleges.
Further details about GSP can be found via:
Email: [email protected] Website: www.alasummer.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/ALAGSP
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ALAcademy
Phone: +27 11 699 3000 (ext 3087)
About African Leadership Academy
African Leadership Academy (ALA) seeks to transform Africa by developing a powerful network of entrepreneurial
leaders who will work together to achieve extraordinary social impact. Each year, ALA brings together the most
promising young leaders from all 54 African nations for a pre-university program in South Africa with a focus on
leadership, entrepreneurship, and African studies. ALA continues to cultivate these leaders throughout their lives, in
university and beyond, by providing ongoing leadership and entrepreneurial training and connecting them to highimpact networks of people and capital that can catalyse large-scale change. For more information, visit
www.africanleadershipacademy.org.
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Reg. No. 2005/005377/08 - VAT No. 4050261918 - PBO No. 930020187
Gauteng Department of Education Reg. No. 400286
www.africanleadershipacademy.org