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Diaspora communities urged to have their say through our Return of the Icons programme
AFFORD (The African Foundation for Development) is encouraging diaspora communities, especially young people, to have their say on the return of stolen African artefacts held in British museums.
Africans in the world: engine for development or brain drain?
Building on the findings of Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s (MIF) 2019 Ibrahim Forum Report on African migrations, this joint research paper, co-authored by MIF, the African Foundation for Development (AFFORD) and […]
Benin pilot explores potential of diaspora investment
AFFORD will launch a pilot project in Benin to examine the investment potential of the diaspora in the small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector with the aim of strengthening entrepreneurship […]
Exploring opportunities to invest in Salone
A new Public Private Dialogue (PPD) between investors and the Government of Sierra Leone was launched at an event held on the sidelines of the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London […]
Let’s put migrants at the heart of our deliberations
In her address to the participants of the GFMD, AFFORD deputy director and GFMD civil society co-chair Stella Opoku-Owusu highlighted the role of civil society organisations in achieving the commitments […]