An Open Letter to President Mahama, From a Jamaican Coming Home
Your Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, I am writing to you not as the coordinator of an organization, though I am that […]
Ghana Dropped the DNA Rule for Diaspora Citizenship. Now What?
For ten days in February 2026, Ghana’s flagship diaspora citizenship pathway sat frozen. On February 1, the Ministry of the Interior and […]
The African Union’s New Diaspora Investment Corridor: What It Gets Right, and What It Still Misses
A new diaspora investment corridor is taking shape at the continental level. In July 2026, the African Union’s Economic, Social and Cultural […]
The Real Cost of Coming Home
Most people planning a move back to Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Jamaica, or Trinidad do the math on two things: the flight, and […]
UN Gravest Crime Against Humanity Resolution and CARICOM
In March 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted what’s now widely being called the UN gravest crime against humanity resolution, the […]
Kenya Diaspora Investment Strategy 2025-2030: What It Covers
Kenya’s Diaspora Investment Strategy (KDIS) 2025-2030 is the Kenyan government’s first formal plan to turn diaspora money sent home into long-term investment […]
Ghana’s Homeland Return Bill: A Head-of-State Signal for Diaspora Right of Return Policy
On August 4, 2026, Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama addressed a Special Joint Sitting of Jamaica’s Houses of Parliament at Gordon House […]
The $60 Billion Bypass: How Investment Barriers Are Rerouting Diaspora Capital Away From Africa
By CRDEA Policy Team There is a paradox at the centre of the diaspora’s return narrative. Millions of descendants of the Transatlantic […]
AfCFTA Implementation in 2026: Why Execution, Not Ambition, Now Decides Africa’s Trade Future
The treaties are signed. Nearly all 55 African Union member states have joined the African Continental Free Trade Area, and 49 have […]
Kenya’s Diaspora Investment Gap: Paying Taxes With No Residency Path
Kenya’s Diaspora Investment Gap: Paying Taxes With No Residency Path Diaspora investors are already inside Kenya’s economy, whether the immigration system has […]
Pamoja AFCON 2027: The Diaspora Investment Briefing for East Africa’s Tournament Economy
Pamoja AFCON 2027: The Diaspora Investment Briefing for East Africa’s Tournament Economy African football has never had more global goodwill than it […]
The 43% Problem: Why Decolonized Education Is Africa’s Economic Infrastructure
Africa finances ports, rail corridors, and payment systems as the infrastructure of continental trade. Curriculum design rarely makes that list. Yet it […]