What has been achieved and what are the outstanding challenges facing Africa half way between the Africa Commission Report tabled at the Gleneagles Summit and the target date for the Millennium Development Goals? What progress has been made? Where is further urgent attention particularly needed? How have priorities changed as a result of the global economic crisis and climate change emerging as a key global challenge? This is a set of collated inputs from various contributors. The tone of each section and any inconsistencies reflects this. References are available for each section based on original source material.