The research explores the dreams and aspirations of young people of African
origin in the diaspora in relation to Africa’s development. It explores the vision of the
African Union (AU), the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the
Conference for Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa (CSSDCA),
the current leading pan-African structures, as well as the mechanisms within these
structures for engaging the African diaspora. It identifies the synergies between their
own dreams and that of the AU, NEPAD and CSSDCA, and makes recommendations on
how young people can be more effectively engaged in Africa’s development through the
AU and its associated programmes and through other actors including African diaspora
organisations, African governments, African families in the diaspora and young Africans
in the diaspora (YAD).
