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July 18, 2022

Bridging the Digital Skills Gap in Africa

Fred Swaniker speaks to CNBC Africa about upskilling the next generation of software engineers from Africa to help plug the global shortage of technology talent.

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July 13, 2022

African Leadership International Announces Agreement to Acquire Silicon Valley’s Holberton, Inc.

In a world where African startups have traditionally been acquired by Silicon Valley based companies, the African Leadership International (“ALI”) leads the way to a new horizon.

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Features

May 5, 2022

Meet the African Leadership Group educating the continent’s future leaders

As a child, Fred Swaniker fled political violence. Today, as Founder of the African Leadership Group, he is working to prevent instability by educating the continent’s future leaders.

Fred Swaniker speaks at the UW Innovation Summit

Africa is an emerging source of tech talent, speaker Fred Swaniker tells UW Innovation Summit.

Fred Swaniker is on the 2019 TIME List

Fred Swaniker, the founder of the African Leadership Academy, is one of the most influential people of 2019, Mo Ibrahim writes.

Stories

July 13, 2022

African Leadership Group acquires coding school Holberton

Coding school Holberton today announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by African Leadership Group (ALG). The seven-year-old company, with physical schools across the globe in addition to its core online platform, will split in two.

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July 13, 2022

African Leadership Group Leverages AWS to Power New Recruitment Platform for Hiring Diverse Top Talent

African Leadership Group's 'The ROOM' — powered by AWS — will match at least 2 million young Africans — and several million more from other continents — to global work opportunities by 2030.

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May 26, 2022

The secret to solving the world’s shortage of technology talent

20 years ago, the world looked to tech talent from India to fix the “Y2K bug”. Today, it’s turned to Africa, where Fred Swaniker predicts the next wave of talent will emerge from.

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April 4, 2022

Tech firms in overdrive for African skills

A series of initiatives is building momentum for tech skills development across the continent.

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October 12, 2014

The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it

In a passionate talk, entrepreneur and TED Fellow Fred Swaniker looks at different generations of African leaders and imagines how to develop the leadership of the future.

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