Mora McLean, AAI President & CEO In this issue of AAIONLINE, AAI President & CEO, Mora McLean, explores three persistent misconceptions about how to strengthen education in Africa. Read More >>

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TLP's first cohort of participants From Left: Phillimon Mlambo, Lena Zamchiya, and Johanna Cloete at The Wharton School AAI's Transformational Leadership Program (TLP), in partnership with The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation (TCAAF), has had a highly successful first year, providing scholarships for 30 individuals from Egypt, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa and Zimbabwe to earn master's degrees in business administration... Read More >>

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Paul Tudor Jones II, Gala Chair, presenting the AAI African National Achievement Award to President Kikwete of Tanzania at AAI's 23rd Annual Awards Gala On September 19, 2007, AAI hosted a record-breaking 23rd Annual Awards Gala. President Kikwete of Tanzania was the guest of honor and gave the keynote address at the event. In addition, AAI held several events and meetings in New York and Washington, D.C. as well as in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, and South Africa throughout 2007. In New York and Washington, D.C., AAI organized a number of educational outreach events, including a recent panel discussion and reception at the British Consulate-General in New York on Teacher Training in Africa... Read More >>

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AAI Alumnus: Gidion Mandesi, Executive Director of DOLASED At AAI's 23rd Annual Awards Gala in September, Mr. Gidion Mandesi, Founder and Executive Director of the Disabled Organization for Legal Affairs and Social Economic Development (DOLASED) in Tanzania was awarded the AAI Distinguished Alumnus Award. Mr. Mandesi, who is blind himself, received a scholarship to attend American University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a master of laws (L.L.M.) degree... Read more about Gidion Mandesi and AAI's other Tanzanian alumni >>