ALU London reunion

African Leadership University used a London engagement series to reconnect alumni in person as it pushes a broader 10th-anniversary campaign built around students, graduates, staff and partners. (alueducation.com) The university said its Decennial Celebration includes online and in-person events across 2025, with alumni among the groups it is trying to convene worldwide. ALU’s alumni platform also lists events, mentoring, directories and city-based discovery tools aimed at keeping graduates connected after school. (alueducation.com) (alumniconnect.alueducation.com) That matters for a school whose graduates are spread across multiple countries. ALU says its alumni community spans the world, while a separate university page says alumni are spread across 35-plus countries. (alumniconnect.alueducation.com) (alueducation.com) ALU is tying those gatherings to scale. In its 10-year impact materials, the university says it has graduated 1,741 alumni after enrolling more than 4,000 students, and says alumni entrepreneurs have helped create tens of thousands of jobs. (decennial.alueducation.com) (alueducation.com) The network is central to ALU’s pitch. On its website, the university describes the ALU Network as extending beyond a conventional alumni association and says it is designed to connect graduates with entrepreneurs, executives and other leaders. (alueducation.com) The alumni platform shows how that strategy is being operationalized. It offers a yearbook, batchmate directory, alumni directory, mentoring program, event listings and a map for finding graduates by city. (alumniconnect.alueducation.com) ALU’s public materials also show a chapter structure still taking shape. The alumni chapters page recently displayed “No Chapters Available,” even as the platform promoted city-based alumni discovery and the university highlighted worldwide community-building. (alumniconnect.alueducation.com 1) (alumniconnect.alueducation.com 2) The London gathering fits that gap: a physical meetup in a major diaspora hub can double as a reunion, a partnership forum and a way to identify local organizers. ALU’s decennial site says more in-person and virtual events are planned as the anniversary campaign continues. (decennial.alueducation.com)