Our work so far: 2017-2018 June 2017 Launch of the Future of Ghana diaspora research project. We conducted surveys, focus groups and interviews to understand second-generation BritishGhanaians’ remittance patterns. During the research process we engaged over 800 survey respondents in total, had 25 focus group participants and 8 highranking British-Ghanaian leaders take part in the research process.
July 2017 Ghana Diaspora Homecoming Summit, Accra. The Government of Ghana’s second diaspora homecoming was a platform designed to create continuous dialogue and opportunity for the Ghanaian community abroad to interact with Ghana in a productive and mutually beneficial way to harness Ghana’s resource potential for accelerated development. We designed, coordinated and managed social media for the entire Summit. Through our efforts, we increased diaspora awareness & engagement and managed to get the event trending on Twitter. Our CEO Arnold Sarfo-Kantanka also represented FOG as a speaker on a panel discussing ‘Opportunities for the second-generation’. Watch Arnold’s post-summit interview here. Delivery partners for the MADE West Africa diaspora stakeholder meeting on development and job creation in Ghana through remittances: A practical framework at the British Council, Accra, Ghana. Here we supported the delivery of the workshop which focused on creating a practical framework for harnessing diaspora remittances more effectively.
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