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Fred Swaniker (born 1976) is a Ghanaian serial entrepreneur and leadership development expert, focused on supporting individuals to achieve their goals. Swaniker recognized the importance of leadership and education while serving as the headmaster of a secondary school founded by his mother at the age of 17.
In 2006, Swaniker and Bradford were recognized by Echoing Green, who described them as two of the 15 best emerging social entrepreneurs in the world. [3] In 2007 the initial campus was confirmed, and Christopher Khaemba was announced as the inaugural Dean of the School. The current dean of African Leadership Academy is Derek Smith.
African Leadership University (ALU) is a network of tertiary institutions operating in Mauritius and Rwanda, offering bachelor's degree programs. [1] ALU's inaugural campus, known as the African Leadership College, was established in September 2015 in Mauritius. Subsequently, in September 2017, ALU launched its second campus in Kigali, Rwanda.
Swaniker has dedicated himself to building new programs that could develop students' unrealized talent—and, in doing so, help to drive change for their communities. Why Fred Swaniker Is All In ...
Global Leadership Adventures was founded by Fred Swaniker as a precursor to the African Leadership Academy, based in Johannesburg, South Africa but became a separate entity in 2004. [1] The organization headquarters is currently based in San Diego, United States. GLA is a division of Terra Education, which is a certified benefit corporation (B ...
Khaemba was head-hunted to be the inaugural dean of the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2008. The founders of the school, who include Fred Swaniker (CEO), Acha Leke and Peter Mobaur, chose Khaemba through a seven-month process, and stated that Khaemba stood out due to his record at Alliance High School and Kamusinga.
Fred Swaniker, co-founder of African Leadership Academy, CEO and co-founder of African Leadership University; Lewis Terman, creator of the Stanford Binet IQ test; John Willinsky, Open Access educator, activist and author
Fred Swaniker – African entrepreneur and educator, co-founder of African Leadership Academy, named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in 2019 [1] DeWitt Wallace (non-degreed) – founder, Reader's Digest magazine