APSA is pleased to announce Béranger Avohouémè as the first recipient of an Africa Workshops Alumni Networking Grants program. Avohouémè, an alumus of the 2013 Africa Workshop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, received a $2,000 Professional Development grant in October 2013 to support a two-month residency at the Laboratory for Studies and Research on Social Dynamics and Local Development (LASDEL) in Niamey, Niger. While at LASDEL, Avohouémè plans to participate in a series of research and presentation seminars aiding the completion of his doctoral dissertation on Local Politics and Governance of Rural Land in Western Benin.