Our work so far: 2017-2018

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.

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.

March 2018

“Second-Generation British-Ghanaians and ‘Home’: Identity, Engagement and Remittances” report launch and celebration of Ghana’s 61st year of independence.

#FOGResearch Future of Ghana's annual forum & celebration of Ghana's 61st Independence also marked the UK launch of our diaspora research report. The event brought together over 350 second-generation Ghanaians living in the UK to discuss, create and provide practical ways in which to enhance our connection with Ghana at Regent’s University London.

On the night, attendees networked with likeminded Ghanaians and diasporans whilst hearing from an esteemed group of speakers and our Head of Research who shared key highlights/findings which we uncovered from our research report which engaged over 1000 UKbased Ghanaians.

February 2018

Delivery partners for AFFORD’s ‘Enabling and Enhancing Diaspora Contribution to Development and Job Creation’ workshop hosted by the British

Council, Accra, Ghana. This multi-stakeholder meeting convened in Accra, Ghana sought to promote and concretise the implementation of practical and innovative frameworks between the Ghana government, the diaspora and wider civil society to channel remittances from the diaspora to Ghana more effectively. Themes covered included development, advocacy, job creation, negotiation and establishing professional and business networks for diasporans.

October 2018

December 2018

Re-launch of the Future of Ghana Volunteering

Programme. After a 5-year hiatus we re-launched our volunteering programme by partnering with New Africa Nation and Fuse ODG to support a 2day volunteering programme in Ghana. Day 1 focused on painting and refurbishing a school in Akosombo, Eastern Region. Day 2 supported the delivery of the This Is New Africa (T.I.N.A) global diaspora Conference in Accra.

Annual Future of Ghana Forum, House of Commons,

London. We held our second forum in 2018 which was hosted by the Diane Abbott Foundation and funded by MADE WA, ICMC and the European Union. Our theme focused on the “Year of Return”, had just under 200 attendees and had speakers such as Rt. Hon Diane Abbott MP, officials from the Diaspora Affairs Office incl. Ghana’s Youth Ambassador, Ghana’s Former Ambassador for UNESCO, and Ambassador to France and Portugal and Ms. Afua Gyasiwaa Gaise, Head of the Education Section, Ghana High Commission, UK and Ireland. Panellists included Akosua Annobil, Founder of AB2020, Jude Yawson, Writer, Poet, Film Critic & Author, Elvina Quaison, Engagement and Policy Manager at AFFORD and Cyril Ofori Nelson,Co-Founder & Managing Director of So-Frachie Media Ghana.