establish a windmill company in Malawi and he has identified an area which has the potential to triple the energy output of the country.” William is a good example of the opportunities that the ALA provides. The institution has a practical approach by requiring students to complete one of three projects: an entrepreneurial project, a project in service to the community or a project along the lines of what the student intends to pursue as a career when they eventually graduate. Swaniker says that ALA intends to produce 6,000 leaders over the next 50 years. He views the initiative as not just an academy but a network seeing as the school follows the progress of its students throughout their path to leadership by getting them admitted to world class universities and assisting them in getting jobs on the continent thereafter. Margaret Mead said “Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world.” Fred Swaniker and the ALA team are doing exactly that, one young leader at a time. - KC Rottok
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Expat-tidbits: Fred Swaniker,
Age 34, 2006 list of Top 15 emerging entrepreneurs in the world (Echo Green) 2011 list of Top 20 most powerful young Africans (Forbes Magazine)