 The founders stated that Khaemba stood out as the favourite for the position, given his record at Alliance and Kamusinga, adding that he "has the entrepreneurial energy, integrity and a passion for learning and for Africa".As at 2010, ALA has placed more than 30 of its students in top-brass schools in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Canada.Some of those colleges include Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke, Purdue MIT, Middlebury, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford, Cardiff University, University of Dundee, University of Durham, University of Essex, Imperial College, University College London, London School of Economics, University of Manchester, Oxford, School of Oriental and African Studies, Jacobs University, Dalhousie University and Carleton.