>I love what I am seeing. This month the World Bank posted its newest installment on the African Diaspora and its influence and impact. Among other exciting statments they made the below:
Engaging the African Diaspora is imperative if Africa is to enjoy lasting and sustainable economic development, according to Ken Johnson, principal of Devconia, LLC, a Diaspora-owned international development firm.
“[Members of the Diaspora] bring legitimate insight as well as a strong cultural component and texture necessary for the successful design and implementation of development projects,”…
As members of the Diaspora be aware that large organizations are mobilizing and restructuring to help you achieve your goals back home.
The world bank is specifically focusing on:
Working to provide grant and technical assistance to Diaspora development projects in Africa.
I would like to put this call out to the World Bank, AUC and the governments of all African nations… Begin with your 2nd point. It is critical to open the doors to the Diaspora when they want to come back and help. Don’t make things hard, just because it has never been done that way. Make opening bank accounts simple and safe, make registration, regulation and taxation simple, clear and easy. Create a win-win. If Diaspora-led projects succeed, then the the nations of African will be stronger and as a result so will the whole of the continent. Make it happen, open the doors, partner with your sons and daughters and the world will be the better for it.
Read the whole of the article: The African Union and World Bank: Mobilizing the African Diaspora
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The African diaspora and indeed the black diaspora need to be invited and engaged by African leadership in order to accelerate the progress and development of Africa.
At the Innovate Africa Project we want to discourage Diaspora Africans away from the endless chatter of ideas and counter-ideas, or verbal (written) outrage and into project-oriented interventions and outcomes.
We will soon be announcing our pilot projects and welcome any with technology skills to engage with us.
You are welcome to read MY AFRICAN DREAM http://bit.ly/cZJsq
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