From commitment to impact at the last mile: Africa 2023
Opening of the Day
Sara
Mbago-Bhunu
Regional Director, East and Southern Africa,
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Diaspora social responsibility: from assistance to sustainable impact
Almaz
Negash
Chief Executive Officer and Founder,
African Diaspora Network
Keynote address
Investing in the future of Africa: what diaspora wants
Halimatou
Nimaga
Vice-President,
Union des Ambassadeurs (UDA)
Omolayo
Nkemakonam Oyudo
Research Manager and Gender Specialist,
DMA Global
Stella
Opoku-Owusu
Co-Executive Director,
AFFORD
Yusuf
Reja
Chief Executive Officer,
InfoMind Solutions PLC
Lee
Sorensen
EU Support to Policy Dialogue on Investment Climate in Somalia,
Lee Sorensen Consulting LLC
Round table, discussion points:
- KYD – Know Your Diaspora
- Matching diaspora investment capabilities
- Diaspora as mainstream investors or a specific class of investors?
Models and financial instruments for diaspora investment: addressing public and private investment opportunities
Yohannes
Assefa
Director for Market Systems,
DT-Global, Inc.
Mohammed
Endris
Director General,
Ethiopian Diaspora Agency
Elizabeth
Howard
Chief Executive Officer and Founder,
African Crowdfunding Association
Andrew
Kabucho
Investment Manager - Africa,
KIVA
Alain
Nkurikiye
Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
Wajenzi
Round table, discussion points:
- Peer-to-peer mechanism
- Crowdfunding
- Impact investment mechanisms
- Diaspora bonds
Bridging diaspora investment with climate finance: practical cases
Andrew
Bamugye
Executive Secretary,
Ugandan Diaspora Agribusiness Network (UDAN)
Sokhna Mbaye
Diop
Technical Advisor,
Ministry of Agriculture of Senegal
Mauro
Martini
Senior Technical Specialist, Remittances, Migration and Development, FFR,
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Fridah
Ntarangwi Kimathi
Founder and Director,
ZidiCircle
Steven
Wilson
Adjunct Professor and Climate Change Expert,
Georgetown University United States
Round table, discussion points:
- Diaspora and climate finance linkages
- From anecdotical data to evidence-based strategies
- Scaling-up existing adaptative diaspora investments
Entrepreneurship and SME investment: economic development back hom
Habiba
Addi
Entrepreneurship Unit Coordinator,
Meet Africa/Expertise France
Martin
Fleury
Founder,
RMDA
Elvina
Quaison
Diaspora Engagement Specialist, EU Global Diaspora Facility,
ICMPD
Khady
Sakho Niang
President of the Board,
ADEPT
Oula
Tarssim
Senior Project Manager,
GIZ
Study snapshots
- Malian diaspora preferences to invest in SMEs back home
Round table, discussion points:
- The gap between willingness to invest and effective investment
- Diaspora entrepreneurship additionality and the role of donors
- Bringing human, entrepreneurial and financial capital back home
Impact investment funds for local development: case studies
Alima
Keita
Co-founder,
Ciwara Capital
Quentin
Rukingama
Managing Partner,
JBQ Africa
Jonas
Tesfu
Founding Trustee,
Pangea Trust
Guillaume
Top
Diaspora Investment Specialist, FFR,
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Sidiki
Traoré
Diaspora Focal Point,
FADEV
Round table, discussion points:
- Aligning diaspora and impact investors strategies
- Capacitating diaspora investors
- Participation in the investment decisions
