The steep challenges of heading projects in Africa – an issue that stirs passionate debate among academics and practitioners – are examined in a special issue [This link is no longer available] of the Journal of African Business. This compilation of new empirical and descriptive articles on the practice of project management in Africa, peer-reviewed and reflecting a variety of perspectives, was edited by Professors Lavagnon Ika of the Telfer School of Management and Jan Saint-Macary of the Université du Québec.  The content, with an editorial by professors Ika and Saint-Macary, is available online [This link is no longer available].