Our Big Bet: African Leadership Academy

Our Big Bet: African Leadership Academy

Ongoing partnership to help develop the vision of ALA founders to build a generation of transformative African leaders.

The solution to Africa’s problems is the development of ethical, entrepreneurial, and transformative leaders. ALA’s vision is to identify, develop, and connect at least 6,000 leaders for Africa over the next 50 years. Our leadership model is simple: potential, practice, and opportunity

Umsizi matching grant to fund Ubuntu Pathways Employment Initiative

An Umsizi emerging area of engagement is supporting African partners who train and place unemployed youth in formal employment.

Ubuntu Education Fund is a South African community development organization in Port Elizabeth. Having run a successful health and education initiative for more than 15 years they are now seeking ways to help with the crisis of unemployed youth. Umsizi is offering to match significant multi-year grants to help Ubuntu roll out its youth employment pathways initiative.