"The African Leadership and Progress
Network" [ALPN], a nonprofit organization in Washington, DC, now features
on its website :

1. A Research/Information Portal that provides original content as well as
numerous links to articles, papers, reports, and other documents/sites on
several issues that are critical to African progress: Leadership &
governance; Leadership capacity development; US policy; The African
investment environment and capital flows; Regional integration, NEPAD,
African Union, etc.; Harnessing/transfer of knowledge/intellectual capital
and technology; Development of leadership and professional networks; etc.
(Links to specific topics/pages are provided below.)

2. A Calendar of Africa-related Events in the Washington, DC Metro Area,
including links to the Events/Home Pages of organizations in the DC Metro
area that organize Africa-related events
, as well as links to the
Events Pages of several African and international organizations in Africa,
Europe, and the United States that provide listings of Africa-related
events worldwide .

DC-area event listings, which are updated weekly, can be accessed at:

http://www.africanprogress.net/events-dc.htm
["Africa-related Events in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area"]

The listings are classified as follows:

Policy . Politics . Business . Trade . Finance . Civil Society
http://www.africanprogress.net/Events-DC-Policy-Etc.htm

Arts . Culture . Entertainment
http://www.africanprogress.net/Events-DC-Arts-Etc.htm

African Restaurants & Clubs
http://www.africanprogress.net/Events-DC-Rest-Clubs.htm
[Listings & links to the Websites of African restaurants and nightclubs in
DC, Suburban Maryland & Suburban Virginia]

Links to the Events/Home Pages of organizations in the DC Metro area that
organize Africa-related events:

Policy . Politics . Business . Trade . Finance . Civil Society
http://www.africanprogress.net/Events-DC-Policy-Etc-OrgPages.htm

Arts . Culture . Entertainment
http://www.africanprogress.net/Events-DC-Arts-Etc-OrgPages.htm

ALPN strives to provide a comprehensive, one-stop source of listings of
Africa-related events in the DC Metro area. We therefore welcome
information on your upcoming events. Please send event and other
announcements (publications, etc.) to: [email protected]

Kindly forward this email message to your associates, colleagues, friends,
etc. who may also be interested in the information provided on our website
(see outline/links below).

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ABOUT "THE AFRICAN LEADERSHIP & PROGRESS NETWORK" [ALPN]
http://www.africanprogress.net

ALPN is a network of African and non-African professionals who are
strongly dedicated to utilizing innovative and entrepreneurial approaches
for fostering rapid progress in Africa.

Our mission is to help bring about faster private sector-driven economic
growth and poverty alleviation in African countries through various
initiatives that are rooted in knowledge and information.

ALPN's activities involve education, training, research, analysis,
information dissemination, networking, and advocacy in several areas:

-Leadership & governance
-Leadership capacity development
-US policy
-The African investment environment
-Foreign & domestic investment and capital flows
-Regional integration, NEPAD, the African Union, etc.
-Harnessing and transfer of knowledge/intellectual capital and technology
-Development of leadership and professional networks

The ALPN web site provides original content as well as numerous links to
articles, papers, reports, and other documents/sites on several issues
that are critical to African progress:

African Progress: Afro-Pessimism Redux?
http://www.africanprogress.net/afro-pessimism.htm

African Countries & the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)
http://www.africanprogress.net/africa_MCA.htm

The Blair Commission for Africa: Commentaries & Critiques
http://www.africanprogress.net/Blair_Commission.htm

Governance - Transparency - Corruption - Natural Resource Management - The
Resource Curse
http://www.africanprogress.net/governance_resources.htm

The African Leadership Capacity Development Project
http://www.africanprogress.net/leadership_capacity.htm

Perspectives on African Leadership & Governance
http://www.africanprogress.net/perspectives_leadership.htm

African Leaders on African Leadership & Governance
http://www.africanprogress.net/leaders_on_leadership.htm

Perspectives on African Leadership, NEPAD, the African Union, Etc.
http://www.africanprogress.net/perspectives_leadership_NEPAD_Etc.htm

African Leadership & Governance Rankings
http://www.africanprogress.net/rankings.htm

The African Investment Environment & Capital Flows
http://www.africanprogress.net/invest_capital.htm

The African Professionals / Experts / Intellectuals / Scholars Network
http://www.africanprogress.net/network.htm

Emerging Transformational African Leaders
http://www.africanprogress.net/emerging_leaders.htm

ALPN welcomes, with much gratitude, your comments, critiques, suggestions,
and contributions. The editor can be reached at: [email protected]