Students and Young Professionals African Liberty Academy (SYPALA)

An Ode to IMANI

HOPE ALONG THE ODAW

Between June and July 2009

I walked a distance to work almost every morning

From ring road central to south industrial area,

Where I work as an intern with a bunch of engineers

Walking this lane, a very ugly man waves always at me and says good morning.

I walk through a lorry station where filth and noise are the defending champions

I use a bridge across the river Odaw,

with stench s...

Comendations for SYPALA 2009

Franklin,

Well done for organising the above event which honoured excellence in application/use of technology in Africa. It is impo...

Email from SYPALA 2009 Participant

Dear Franklin,

Knowing the dificult context of Africa's development, I am quite
impressed with what Imani was able to put together. ...

SYPALA 2009 Day 2

Bright B. Simons, of IMANI and mPedigree , took participants through the rudiments of the theory of Unintended Consequences, after whi...

SYPALA 2009 - Day 1

Yesterday, AfricanLiberty.org and IMANI's flagship program, Students and Young Professionals African Liberty Academy (SYPALA) kick...

SYPALA Videos

General Arnold Quainoo on the Failure of Leadership

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SYPALA Partners

AfricanLiberty.org

Atlas Global Initiative

The Smith Family Foundation

IMANI

About SYPALA

Africa's foremost Leadership program for Students and Young Professionals. Takes the forms of round tables, lectures, tutorials and seminars, in subject-matters ranging from political economy to business strategy, and from leadership to economic governance.

TEDX

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is call TEDx (place), where x=independently organized TED event.

Visit the TEDxSYPALA website.