ALU aims to develop 3 million ethical and entrepreneurial leaders for Africa and the world by 2035. It uses a personalized, student-driven, project-based, and mission-oriented approach to create agile, lifelong learners who can adapt to a changing world. ALU's first site was inaugurated in September 2015 in Mauritius. It now has sites in Rwanda and Kenya, and is rolling out several more over the next few years.