Top African business executives should nurture future African leaders

Kilemi Mwiria

Last Tuesday, Dr James Mwangi, Equity Bank’s CEO, hosted a group of 30 top Kenyan business and professional community to introduce and fundraise for the African Leadership Academy (ALA) based in Johannesburg. It is headed by the former Principal of Alliance High School, Mr Christopher Khaemba and has an international advisory board where Mwangi serves. The academy’s mission is to help solve, "…Africa’s greatest problem: leadership…" The founders of the academy are four young modern day African missionaries who opted to use their expensive degrees from Stanford to ensure that Africa’s rich resources are utilised to uplift the lives of Africa’s poor majority. Sadly, Africa enjoys the distinction of being the only continent where numbers of persons living below the poverty line are increasing with every year. The founders have one big well-intentioned dream for Africa.