The AKA Mombasa swimming team participated in the Coast region swimming competition held last month. The entire team qualified for the Kenya Nationals taking place in Nakuru later this month.

The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa girls and boys basketball teams took part in the 3 days Secondary School games at Shimo la Tewa. Both teams will be playing in the national championships next month. The girls' team retained their Mombasa County Basketball Champions title for the 11th year running. Read more from the team captain, Grace Ogolla.

On 1 August the Great African Cycling Safari (GACS) kicked off their East African tour from the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa. Over the course of 55 days, the cyclists will travel through Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda and will re-enter Kenya to complete the safari in Nairobi.

The Grade 10 students at the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa scored top marks in their International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) examinations – the Academy’s best IB MYP results to date. The class average per subject stands at 5.12 out of a possible 7, the highest ever scored, with nine students scoring an impressive average of 6.0 and higher.

A special outdoor screening of the Elephant Queen was held a the Academy last week. Elephant Queen is an inspirational Kenyan film celebrating our wildlife. The internationally acclaimed documentary aims to raise awareness of human-wildlife conflict and increase conservation efforts.