Research Professional Africa is an essential online resource for researchers, research and innovations managers, research directors,development officers and policymakers in Africa with authoritative and appropriately highlighted information of over 50,000 research funding opportunities and 11,000 funders to enable sustained research for African development. An African-staffed newsroom, together with a network of regional news correspondents, covers the African science, policy and research funding news relevant to Research Africa readers weekly. In addition to managing these two key product offerings, the company, which was established in 2006, has widened its services to the research and development community in Africa to include providing communication services to key research-driven development projects, such as the Network for Coordination and Advancement of Sub-Saharan Africa-EU Science and Technology Cooperation (CAAST-Net). Research Africa also undertakes various consultancies and professional development training activities in the area of research management development and capacity building. Research Africa counts universities, government departments, research institutes, think tanks and development agencies from 24 African countries amongst its many subscribers and users, and continues to grow its client base. “Karen Bruns and her team at Research Africa are an innovative group in the field of research in Africa. Developing an effective web-based research funding database and providing intelligence on science, Research Africa is a trustful business partner, delivering quality products and technical advice of high quality.” - Nicole Généreux, Partnership office at International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada