By Gregory Simpkins On his way out of the White House, President Joe Biden pardoned, among others, the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey who had been convicted...
By Gregory Simpkins For all of my adult life here in the United States, I have constantly heard how the African Diaspora in America (especially those...
Bloomberg | Present-day Benin, from where more than a million people were shipped to the Americas at the height of the slave trade, has approved a...
By Gregory Simpkins There has been significant discussion within Africanist circles about the multiplying coups in Africa, the ongoing conflicts and several other issues. However, there...
By Gregory Simpkins Many of us are familiar with Africa as a concept, though not necessarily as distinguishable, individual nations nor Caribbean nations as more than...
By Gregory Simpkins Over the past 40+ years working on Diaspora issues, I have had the privilege of working with numerous Black-owned businesses and organizations. Many...
By Gregory Simpkins Now that the New Year is upon us, we in the African Diaspora need to plan for joint action to better ensure that...
By Gregory Simpkins For more than a century, members of the African Diaspora in America and the Caribbean have made efforts to create linkages with our...
Ghanaians who live outside of Africa met in Accra for a Diaspora Engagement Forum. Organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration (MFA&RI) with support...
Remittances by Zimbabweans in the Diaspora sent through money transfer agencies and formal banking channels declined by 15 percent last year to $1.8 billion, the country’s...
Net remittances to Jamaica by Jamaicans abroad. IMAGE/Bank of Jamaica In a bid to kick start Jamaica’s economy, the island-nation is actively wooing its citizens living...
After more than five years away from home, your correspondent returned to East Africa. Making a pitstop in Dubai, I was reminded of how global the...
Africa plans to launch a fund to harness the financial resources of its citizens based in the Diaspora which will be used for development projects on...
Deika Morrison, founder of Do Good Jamaica Early childhood education project plans to tap Overseas Jamaicans via crowdfunding. (PRWEB) – Do Good Jamaica’s latest project, Crayons...
(Reuters) – Jamaica is planning a dollar bond targeted at its diaspora community, the country’s investment minister said on Thursday. “We think a diaspora bond is...
Keeping in line with the economic elements of the Caribbean Community [CARICOM], its remarkable how theirs and those of many African countries are almost a mirror...
The cost of sending remittances to and within Africa could come down thanks to a new online database that will compare costs among money transfer service...
The Jamaican Embassy in Washington and the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) are in the stages of setting up a series of events and meetings to engage...
