Diaspora

Sandton Convention Centre,  Johannesburg  South Africa

May 22, 2012

In three days The Sandton Convention Centre will be the focus of world attention as the 19th Global African Diaspora Summit meets in South Africa. According to BuaNews ,"the summit intends to create sustainable partnerships between the African Diaspora and the African continent through a realisable Programme of Action; create sustainable dialogue partnerships for a better Africa and its diaspora; and the promotion of South-South cooperation in the betterment of the African continent and its diaspora." The goals of the summit are attainable and hold the keys to unlocking the potential of  attracting the enormous pool of creativity, talent, and skills inherent in the African Diaspora by initiating tangible and bankable projects throughout the Ancestral  Continent via the AU member nations.

May 21, 2012
The significance of building a stronger bridge between AU members and the Diaspora is clearly seen in  remittance flows and technological transfers. Over 25 million African citizens receive an estimated $40 Billion Dollars annually in the form of remittances from their relatives abroad. By framing a mechanism to encourage tourism, business cooperation and supporting "bankable" projects such as the "Green Technology Outreach Program" (GTOP), a renewable energy training program, Aquaponics, Hydropincs, Sustainable Housing and Medical Exchange Tours the Diaspora can and will contribute and participate in a tangible way. The African Union has defined the African Diaspora as "consisting of people of African origin living outside the continent, irrespective of their citizenship and nationality and who are willing to contribute to the development of the continent and the building of the African Union." The African Diaspora is looking to the development within the AU for guidance and opportunities to "rediscover, participate and assist in the growth and prosperity of their ancestral continent.

May 17, 2012
The Global African Diaspora Summit will be held under the theme, "Towards the Realisation of a United and Prosperous Africa and its Diaspora", and will take place in Sandton on May 25th, African Day." It will devise strategies on how to deal with skills development, boost African trade and investment in infrastructure development whilst strengthening the Pan-African agenda," Cabinet spokesperson Jimmy Manyi said on Thursday.


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Diaspora News
The African diaspora was the historic movement of Africans and their descendants to locations throughout the world, predominantly to the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Brazil. There is substance to the view that social entrepreneurship is a tool to be used by the African diaspora to improve themselves and their ancestral continent. Diaspora News is a social platform created to provide news, commentary, and information useful to anyone interested in rediscovering the wonders and beauty of Africa for business, tourism or education. 

African Union
"The advent of the African Union (AU) can be described as an event of great magnitude in the institutional evolution of the continent. On September 9th.1999, the Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity issued a Declaration (the Sirte Declaration) calling for the establishment of an African Union, with a view, to accelerate the process of integration in the continent to enable it to play its rightful role in the global economy while addressing multifaceted social, economic and political problems compounded as they are by certain negative aspects of globalization."

By the dissemination of relevant information, it is our hope to encourage input, participation and action by members of the Diaspora in global affairs including international business, tourism, energy, technology, housing and medical care and their effects on building a positive future for our ancestral continent.

The  Specialized Technical Committees
There are 7 Committees formed to address important issues that effect the positive growth of Africa and the members of the AU. The following Specialized Technical Committees are meant to address sectoral  issues and are at Ministerial Level.

The Committee on Rural Economy and Agricultural Matters; 
The Committee on Monetary and Financial Affairs; 
The Committee on Trade, Customs and Immigration Matters; 
The Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, Energy, Natural Resources and Environment; 
The Committee on Transport, Communications and Tourism; 
The Committee on Health, Labour and Social Affairs; and 
The Committee on Education, Culture and Human Resources



What is NEPAD?
NEPAD is a vision and strategic framework for Africa's renewal. NEPAD is a program of the African Union (AU), adopted in 2001 by African leaders, with the primary objectives of poverty eradication, promotion of sustainable growth and development, and the empowerment of women through building genuine partnerships at country, regional and global levels.

NEPAD is a blueprint for Africa's development in the 21st century and provides unique opportunities for Africa to address the critical challenges facing the continent, including the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and other continental and international agreed upon goals.

What are NEPAD's Primary Objectives?
- To eradicate poverty;
- To place African countries, both individually and collectively, on a path of sustainable growth and development;
- To halt the marginalisation of Africa in the globalisation process;
- To accelerate the empowerment of women; and
- To fully integrate Africa into the global economy.


Tourism & Chambers of Commerce
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