We shudder to think of our beloved Africa, without its minerals, its forests and animals but with degraded land and environment and silted rivers. We leave to you to ponder for the present and future generations. The time is now to act and to do the right things. We will only have ourselves to blame. Therefore, good governance and astute leadership, however defined, are important if they encumber corruption and deliver on infrastructure that benefits Africans and their posterity in a stable and peaceful environment. Complicating matters for Africa, are wars and the emergence of religious fundamentalism. We are inspired by a growing crop of African academics and researchers keen on understanding and explaining Africa’s complexities by developing a body of knowledge on African issues. It is through this body of knowledge generated by African researchers, on the continent and in diaspora, that we just might, incrementally, find African solutions to Africa’s problems and challenges.