Earlier this month, I traveled to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, at the invitation of Prof. Kevin Chika Urama, Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management at the African Development Bank Group. The occasion was the 2026 African Economic Conference (AEC), co-hosted by the AfDB, UNDP, and OECD, held under a theme that… Continue reading The Diaspora Was Already in the Room