Calestous Juma, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Visiting Professor at MIT, received an LAAP Prize (Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize) for his leadership in socioeconomic development in Africa. The award will be presented to Juma in Nigeria on October 10, 2014, by the Millennium Excellence Foundation. Juma, a research affiliate at CIS, is among 16 recipients of this year's esteemed award.