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Tuesday, June 7
 

09:30 GMT+04

Mini Projects with Ibrahima Guimba-SaidouFILLING ALU Main CampusIbrahima Guimba-Saidou

10:30 GMT+04

Office Hours with Ibrahima Guimba-SaidouLIMITED ALU Main CampusIbrahima Guimba-Saidou

12:30 GMT+04

Lunch with Delphine MaidouFULL ALU Main CampusDelphine Maidou Lunch with Ibrahima Guimba-SaidouFULL ALU Main CampusIbrahima Guimba-Saidou

14:30 GMT+04

Mini Projects with Delphine MaidouLIMITED ALU Main CampusDelphine Maidou

15:30 GMT+04

Office Hours with Delphine MaidouFILLING ALU Main CampusDelphine Maidou

17:30 GMT+04

Speaking Event with Delphine Maidou & Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou Nelson MandelaIbrahima Guimba-Saidou • Delphine Maidou
 
Thursday, June 9
 

10:00 GMT+04

Van departs Piment Banane | Trends in the African economy session | Joyce-Ann Wainaina TBA

11:00 GMT+04

Trends in the African Economy | Interactive seminar with Joyce-Ann Wainaina Nelson MandelaJoyce-Ann Wainaina

12:30 GMT+04

Lunch with Joyce-Ann WainainaFULL ALU Main CampusJoyce-Ann Wainaina

17:30 GMT+04

Shark Tank with Joyce-Ann Wainaina (Assembly Event) ALU Main CampusJoyce-Ann Wainaina
 
Wednesday, June 15
 

16:30 GMT+04

Van Departs Piment Banane, Elysee and Mont-Choisy ALU Main Campus

17:30 GMT+04

Speaking Event and Dinner with Okey Nwuke ALU Main CampusOkey Nwuke
 
Thursday, June 16
 

09:00 GMT+04

Van leaves Piment Banane, Elysee and Mont-Choisy TBA

10:00 GMT+04

Career Development & Decision Making ALU Main CampusOkey Nwuke

11:45 GMT+04

Van leaves Piment Banane, Elysee and Mont-Choisy TBA
 
Thursday, June 23
 

10:45 GMT+04

Importance and Future of Sales across Industries: Joel Le Bon Graca MachelJoel Le Bon
 
Monday, June 27
 

10:30 GMT+04

Mini Projects with Munyaradzi GwatidzoFULL ALU Main CampusMunyaradzi Gwatidzo

11:30 GMT+04

Office Hours - Venture Presentations and FeedbackLIMITED Muhammad Anwar El SadaMunyaradzi Gwatidzo

12:30 GMT+04

Lunch & Learn with British High CommissionerFULL Nawal El Saadawi Lunch with Munyaradzi GwatidzoLIMITED ALU Main Campus

17:15 GMT+04

Munyaradzi Gwatidzo Main Speaking Event Graca MachelMunyaradzi Gwatidzo
 
Wednesday, June 29
 

10:30 GMT+04

Mini Projects with Sneha ShahFULL ALU Main CampusSneha Shah

11:30 GMT+04

Office Hours - Individual Career AdviceFULL TBASneha Shah

12:30 GMT+04

Lunch with Sneha ShahFULL ALU Main Campus

17:15 GMT+04

Main Speaking Event with Sneha ShahFILLING TBASneha Shah
 
Wednesday, July 6
 

17:15 GMT+04

In-Depth "Everyday Leadership" SeminarFILLING Nelson Mandela
 
Thursday, July 7
 

10:30 GMT+04

Mini Projects with Bashi GaetsaloeLIMITED ALU Main CampusBashi Gaetsaloe

11:30 GMT+04

Office Hours - How to Start Your StartUp- Bashi GaetsaloeFULL Muhammad Anwar El SadaBashi Gaetsaloe

12:30 GMT+04

Speaking Event & Lunch with Bashi GaetsaloeLIMITED ALU Main CampusBashi Gaetsaloe

16:30 GMT+04

Mini Projects - Challenges in Education - Amy Klement ALU Main Campus
 
Tuesday, July 12
 

11:00 GMT+04

Guest Section of Entrepreneurial Leadership TBA

12:30 GMT+04

Lunch with Kofo AkinkugbeFULL ALU Main Campus

17:15 GMT+04

Main Speaking Event with Kofo AkinkugbeLIMITED TBA
 
Thursday, July 14
 

10:30 GMT+04

Time to Give Back - Q&A with Dolika Banda Muhammad Anwar El Sada

12:30 GMT+04

Lunch with Dolika Banda and Julie EssiamFILLING Graca MachelJulie Essiam

14:00 GMT+04

Mini Projects with Julie Essiam Muhammad Anwar El SadaJulie Essiam

15:00 GMT+04

Office Hours - Individual Career Advice with Julie EssiamFILLING Muhammad Anwar El SadaJulie Essiam

17:00 GMT+04

Main Speaking Event with Dolika Banda & Julie Essiam Nelson MandelaJulie Essiam
 
Monday, July 25
 

13:00 GMT+04

Lunch with Anis Haffar Elysee Residence
 
Tuesday, July 26
 

12:30 GMT+04

Negotiations Seminar with Bobbi Thomason ALU Main CampusBobbi Thomason

17:00 GMT+04

Main Speaking Event with Anis Haffar Nelson Mandela
 
Thursday, August 18
 

18:00 GMT+04

Pitching Best Practices with Marcello Schermer Nelson Mandela
 
Friday, August 19
 

10:00 GMT+04

Office Hours with Marcello Schermer ALU Main CampusMarcello Schermer

14:30 GMT+04

Funding For African Ventures with Marcello Schermer Nelson MandelaMarcello Schermer

18:30 GMT+04

Final Student Venture Program Pitch Party ALU Main CampusMarcello Schermer
 
Thursday, September 22
 

11:00 GMT+04

Mini Projects session with Mr Itu Kgaboesele ALU Main CampusItu Kgaboesele

12:30 GMT+04

Speaking event with Mr Itu Kgaboesele ALU Main CampusItu Kgaboesele
 
Monday, October 10
 

12:30 GMT+04

Lunch with Indra de Lanerolle and Nicola GalombikFULL ALU Main CampusIndra de Lanerolle

14:30 GMT+04

Indra de Lanerolle Speaking EventLIMITED Nelson MandelaIndra de Lanerolle
 
Tuesday, October 11
 

14:00 GMT+04

Workshop: Multimedia StorytellingLIMITED ALU Main CampusIndra de Lanerolle
 
Monday, October 31
 

12:30 GMT+04

Lunch with Jude O'ReilleyFILLING Graca MachelJude O'Reilley

16:30 GMT+04

Speaking Event with Brooks Mparutsa Assembly RoomBrooks Mparutsa
 
Thursday, November 10
 

15:00 GMT+04

Student Ventures and Ideas Pitch with Josh Adler Hotel Piment BananeJosh Adler
 
Friday, November 11
 

11:30 GMT+04

Student Ventures Program Presentation - HOW IT WAS DONE AT ALA Hotel Piment BananeJosh Adler

12:30 GMT+04

Lunch with Josh Adler Hotel Piment BananeJosh Adler
 
Friday, December 2
 

12:30 GMT+04

Lunch with Mr Corneille Karekezi ALU Main CampusMr Corneille Karekezi

14:00 GMT+04

Speaking event with Mr Corneille Karekezi ALU Main CampusMr Corneille Karekezi
 
Thursday, February 2
 

12:30 GMT+04

Lunch with Rojie KistenFULL Nawal El Saadawi
 
Friday, February 3
 

13:00 GMT+04

Lunch with Mipe Okunseinde from UberFULL Ellen Johnson SirleafMipe Okunseinde
 
Wednesday, February 8
 

13:00 GMT+04

"Linear Regression in the real world" with Ramla JarrarLIMITED Assembly Room
 
Thursday, February 9
 

12:30 GMT+04

Lunch with Julia KalthoffFULL Nawal El Saadawi

19:30 GMT+04

Dinner with Dr. Ramla JarrarLIMITED Hotel Piment Banane
 
Wednesday, February 22
 

12:00 GMT+04

Lunch with Amadou Diaw from ISMFULL Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
 
Thursday, February 23
 

12:00 GMT+04

Lunch with Karanja GakioFULL Donald KabeirukaKaranja Gakio
 
Wednesday, March 8
 

12:00 GMT+04

Lunch with Edward ZarecorFULL ALU Main Campus
 
Monday, April 3
 

11:30 GMT+04

Session with Averi Thomas-MooreLIMITED Assembly Room
 
Friday, April 7
 

10:00 GMT+04

Short session with start-up investor, Chika NwobiFULL The Ngugi wa Thiong'o Social Sciences LabChika Nwobi
 
Tuesday, April 11
 

12:00 GMT+04

Lunch with Vani NadarajahFULL TBA

16:00 GMT+04

Talking Event: Dr. Lopez Galviz The Ngugi wa Thiong'o Social Sciences LabDr. Lopez Galviz
 
Monday, April 17
 

12:00 GMT+04

Conversation with the former US Ambassador to South Africa, Donald GipsFULL Nelson MandelaDonald Gips

16:00 GMT+04

Dr. Lopez-Galviz : First SeminarLIMITED TBADr. Lopez Galviz

16:30 GMT+04

Session with Christoph Jung, McKinseyFULL French Hub Session with Christoph Jung, McKinseyLIMITED French Hub
 
Thursday, April 20
 

12:00 GMT+04

Round Table Session with Dr. Judy Dlamini and Sizwe NxasanaFULL Graca MachelJudy Dlamini • Sizwe Nxasana

13:00 GMT+04

Fireside chat with Dr Judy DlaminiLIMITED Donald KabeirukaJudy Dlamini
 
Friday, April 21
 

13:30 GMT+04

Q&A with Bestseller Foundation TBA
 
Monday, April 24
 

16:00 GMT+04

Dr. Lopez-Galviz: Second SeminarLIMITED TBADr. Lopez Galviz
 
Tuesday, April 25
 

12:00 GMT+04

Meet a recruitment candidate for Head of CollegeLIMITED ALU Main Campus

16:00 GMT+04

Ideating Game Changing Ideas with Sihle Magubane French Hub Session with Mark Van Beuningen, CEO CIM Finance TBA
 
Wednesday, April 26
 

10:00 GMT+04

Data Science with Glen Moncrief from Ixio Analytics TBA

12:00 GMT+04

Lunch with Glenn Moncrief, from Ixio AnalyticsFULL ALU Main Campus

16:00 GMT+04

Idi Amin's Uganda with Dr. Eva Namusoke TBA Dr. Lopez-Galviz: Third Seminar/Student PresentationsLIMITED TBADr. Lopez Galviz
 
Thursday, April 27
 

10:00 GMT+04

Data Science with Glen Moncrief from Ixio Analytics TBA

14:00 GMT+04

Pitch Deck 101 with Pascal Bukuru TBA
 
Friday, April 28
 

13:00 GMT+04

Lunch with Kwaku Bediako TBA

14:00 GMT+04

Fashion Design with Kwaku Bediako (Ghanaian Fashion Designer) TBA
 
Tuesday, May 2
 

10:00 GMT+04

Cultural Entrepreneurship at a Museum Startup in Africa with Aaron Kohn, Director of the Museum of African Design Donald Kabeiruka Talk by Dr Andreea Zara TBA

14:00 GMT+04

Janice Ndegwa - Interdisciplinary Social Science Research on Education and Public Health TBA Small Private Online Course on Sustainable Cities in Africa with Dr. Nadine Ibrahim from the University of Toronto Nelson Mandela

16:00 GMT+04

Future Disruptors Program (SVP) with Sihle Magubane French Hub
 
Wednesday, May 3
 

14:00 GMT+04

Small Private Online Course on Sustainable Cities in Africa with Dr. Nadine Ibrahim from the University of Toronto Nelson Mandela

16:00 GMT+04

Brazilian Ju Jitsu with Jeremy Ruiters TBA
 
Thursday, May 4
 

14:00 GMT+04

Small Private Online Course on Sustainable Cities in Africa with Dr. Nadine Ibrahim from the University of Toronto Nelson Mandela

17:00 GMT+04

Session wtih architecturer Gaetan Siew, CEO of chez Global Creative Leadership Initiative Graca Machel
 
Monday, May 8
 

12:30 GMT+04

Lunch with Alex Aberg CoboFULL ALU Main CampusAlex Aberg Cobo
 
Tuesday, May 9
 

10:00 GMT+04

Economist Penelope Hawkins speaking event: unsustainable debt: inevitable like death and taxes.LIMITED Nelson MandelaPenelope Hawkins Talk with 'ART-Preneur', Hanneke Rauch Graca Machel

12:30 GMT+04

Session with Justin Cohen, Motivational Speaker ALU Main CampusJustin Cohen

13:00 GMT+04

Lunch with GE guestsFULL ALU Main Campus
 
Wednesday, May 10
 

10:00 GMT+04

Writing from Africa: Literature in Disruptive Innovation with Roshni Mooneram, Feminist Writer and Activist French Hub

14:00 GMT+04

Session with Raji Jetshan - Local JEWELERY DESIGNER French Hub
 
Friday, May 19
 

15:00 GMT+04

Talk with Dr. G. Edward Powell, CEO of IPX Graca MachelDr. G. Edward Powell
 
Monday, May 22
 

12:00 GMT+04

Talk with MD Ramesh, President of Olam International Southern Africa ALU Main CampusMD Ramesh
 
Monday, May 29
 

11:00 GMT+04

Coffee with Mphokolo Makara Donald Kabeiruka
 
Tuesday, May 30
 

12:00 GMT+04

Lunch with Tonjé Bakang, Founder & CEO of AfrostreamFULL BP CafeTonjé Bakang Tonje
 
Wednesday, May 31
 

19:00 GMT+04

DINNER with Tonjé Bakang, Founder & CEO of AfrostreamFULL TBATonjé Bakang Tonje
 
Thursday, June 1
 

16:00 GMT+04

Tonjé Bakang - Entrepreneurship Seminar to the Community ALU Main CampusTonjé Bakang Tonje
 
Friday, June 2
 

10:00 GMT+04

Start-up clinic with Tonjé BakangFULL ALU Main CampusTonjé Bakang Tonje

14:00 GMT+04

Roundtable with students - discussion about entrepreneurship - Tonjé BakangFULL ALU Main CampusTonjé Bakang Tonje
 
Friday, June 9
 

12:30 GMT+04

Nikki Twomey, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of Standard Bank.FULL BP CafeNikki Twomey
 
Monday, June 12
 

14:30 GMT+04

Switch on your Observation Skills - WORKSHOP by Nir HindiLIMITED Donald Kabeiruka
 
Tuesday, June 13
 

09:00 GMT+04

Renaissance of Renaissance thinking- Presentation by Nir Hindi, Founder of TheArtian Nelson Mandela

10:30 GMT+04

Why Business Innovation may come from the Arts - Presentation by Nir Hindi, Founder of TheArtian Nelson Mandela

12:00 GMT+04

Lunch with Nir Hindi, Founder of TheArtianFULL BP Cafe
 
Friday, June 16
 

15:00 GMT+04

Round Table with Achieng Butler Chief Marketing Officer at Danone Africa.FULL Chimamanda NgoziAchieng Butler
 
Monday, June 19
 

12:00 GMT+04

LUNCH with Nicholas King- Independant Consultant/Researcher in 'Environmental Futures'FULL BP CafeNicholas King

12:30 GMT+04

LUNCH with Anne Williams, Vice President of Marketing at StarbucksFULL BP Cafe

15:00 GMT+04

Corporate Round-table with Anne Williams, Vice President of Marketing at StarbucksLIMITED TBA
 
Tuesday, June 20
 

16:00 GMT+04

Leadership Seminar with Alim Ladha Graca MachelAlim Ladha
 
Wednesday, June 21
 

15:00 GMT+04

Smarter Transportation Solutions for Nairobi, Kenya: Challenges and Opportunities French HubTierra Bills
 
Friday, June 23
 

18:00 GMT+04

Winning in Africa: From Trading Posts to Ecosystems - BCG French HubStefano Niavas • Takeshi Oikawa
 
Tuesday, June 27
 

11:00 GMT+04

Round Table with Film Producer Milan SelassieFULL Nawal El Saadawi

12:00 GMT+04

Lunch with Lyndon Rego- Global Director, Innovation at Center for Creative LeadershipFILLING BP CafeLyndon Rego

15:00 GMT+04

The Purpose Wall: Exploring Personal Purpose - Segun Olagunju Nelson Mandela
 
Wednesday, June 28
 

12:00 GMT+04

Lunch with Mozambique Delegation - The Graça Machel TrustFULL BP Cafe

13:00 GMT+04

Lunch with Garth Saloner - Presenting your projects or internships.FULL BP CafeGarth Saloner

16:00 GMT+04

[Leadership Seminar] Creative Leadership for an Interdependent World: An exploration of how transforming ourselves is key to transforming the world around us.LIMITED Donald KabeirukaLyndon Rego
 
Thursday, June 29
 

12:30 GMT+04

Lunch with Allan Grey Orbis Foundation - CEO and Education ConsultantFILLING BP CafeAnthony Farr
 
Friday, June 30
 

11:00 GMT+04

Workshop - Social Impact Case Study: “How can we ensure that our best pupils today become the best teachers of tomorrow?"LIMITED Donald KabeirukaAnthony Farr

12:00 GMT+04

Day 2: Lunch with Allan Grey Orbis Foundation - CEO and Education ConsultantFILLING BP CafeAnthony Farr
 
Wednesday, July 12
 

10:00 GMT+04

Special Session - Mission VerteLIMITED Donald Kabeiruka

12:00 GMT+04

Lunch with Elaine Smith, Senior Lecturer at School of Engineering and Built Environment, GCU.FULL BP CafeElaine Smith
 
Wednesday, July 19
 

09:45 GMT+04

Tea and Coffee with the Mauritian Ministry of EducationFULL BP CafeMauritian Ministry of Education

15:00 GMT+04

MIT GSL Faculty Panel Assembly Room

17:30 GMT+04

Mixer with MIT Global Startup Labs Assembly Room
 
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