African Leadership Foundation

African Leadership Foundation (ALF) is a US-based non-profit organization that seeks to develop young leaders and entrepreneurs for the African continent. Currently we carry out this mission by supporting the establishment and growth of African Leadership Academy (ALA), a pan-African institution that seeks to transform Africa by developing the next generation of African leaders. Launched in 2008, the ALA network now includes more than 500 young leaders from 48 African countries, selected from over 15,000 applicants. They have built non-profit organizations to combat entrenched social issues; they have developed scalable innovations to address local nutritional challenges; they are exploring cutting-edge ideas in science and technology through their on-campus research; they have launched profitable businesses; and they have shared their ideas at various forums on the global stage. They have also been admitted to the world's top universities—including Duke, Harvard, London School of Economics, Stanford, University of Cape Town and Yale—and the first four classes of graduates—315 students in total—have accepted over US $40M in university scholarship support. In sum, they have coalesced into a powerful community, and as their lives progress, they will work together to build greater initiatives for change.