{"id":347,"date":"2022-08-08T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/?page_id=347"},"modified":"2023-03-22T12:15:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T12:15:56","slug":"blueprints2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/blueprints2023\/","title":{"rendered":"blueprints2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"347\" class=\"elementor elementor-347\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-da386d2 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"da386d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47befff\" data-id=\"47befff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e147278 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e147278\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18e7d6fb\" data-id=\"18e7d6fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-387e2c5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"387e2c5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> Blueprints for Africa: <br \/>Diaspora Engagement and Beyond Remittances<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58614c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58614c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thursday, March 23, 10:55 AM - 12:10 PM PST<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ea8d16b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ea8d16b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8d5cf4\" data-id=\"d8d5cf4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14755b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14755b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Session Description<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96d33f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96d33f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat does the implementation progres of the UN SDGs look like on the continent? How have specific SDGs been addressed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic? Agenda 2063 was conceived as a plan for the development trajectory of Africa over 50 years. Ten years into the plan, what aspirations for the future are on track, and what adaptations are being made in the implementation of its development agenda? This fireside chat reflects on the implementation plans of both blueprints in their first ten years and explores the necessary key activities and strategies needed for Africa\u2019s economic and social transformation. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d33d12c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d33d12c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n \t<li>What does the progression and implementation of AU Agenda 2063 look like in its first ten years?<\/li>\n \t<li>What aspirations are on track and what adaptations have been made since the pandemic?\u00a0<\/li>\n \t<li>What is the role of the diaspora in innovating and supporting sustainable economic development and COVID-recovery on the continent?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e578f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40e578f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis panel builds upon African Diaspora Network\u2019s nationwide knowledge-sharing series on diaspora engagement. In December 2022, ADN and the U.S. Department of State partnered to host a high-level working lunch on \u201cBeyond Remittances\u201d as a part of the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. ADN also partnered with the the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Union Commission to host the United States General Assembly Side Event, \u201cInnovative approaches to integrate the diaspora in accelerating Africa\u2019s economic recovery post COVID-19,\u201d in New York City in September 2022. This robust dialogue continues in Silicon Valley to kick off the eighth annual African Diaspora Investment Symposium.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18113ae7\" data-id=\"18113ae7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5118ffc8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-absolute elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5118ffc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/portrait-enjoy-happy-love-black-family-cropped.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3010\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/portrait-enjoy-happy-love-black-family-cropped.jpg 824w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/portrait-enjoy-happy-love-black-family-cropped-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/portrait-enjoy-happy-love-black-family-cropped-768x622.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:80.95%;max-width:824px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b3eda1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b3eda1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0268d6\" data-id=\"e0268d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-714d65d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"714d65d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-04c84f2\" data-id=\"04c84f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9dbfd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9dbfd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Moderator <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef76d02 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"ef76d02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/sid-mofya-headshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3961\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;max-width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/sid-mofya-headshot.jpg 400w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/sid-mofya-headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/sid-mofya-headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Sid Mofya<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Executive Director, Draper Venture Network\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-147de44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"147de44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSid Mofya is the Executive Director of the Draper Venture Network, a global consortium of 20 venture capital firms investing in early-stage technologies across the globe. In this capacity, he serves as an advisor to firms that invest in technology companies across the globe. He also co-founded DVN\u2019s Draper Round Table &#8211; a platform for aggregating capital for co-investment into top Web 3 companies from the Draper Network\u2019s global portfolio. A Zambian native, Sid Mofya\u2019s previous work includes strategy, finance, and operations roles with Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Royal Dutch Shell, and the UK Ministry of Justice. He is a member of the Kauffman Fellows, one of the premier investment networks in the world.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c9610e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8c9610e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4115a29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4115a29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3a3d86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3a3d86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Panelists\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0877c60 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0877c60\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b48aa1\" data-id=\"4b48aa1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc7eb2f elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"cc7eb2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/Almaz-Negash.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-233\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;max-width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/Almaz-Negash.jpg 400w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/Almaz-Negash-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/Almaz-Negash-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Almaz Negash<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Founder and Executive Director, African Diaspora Network\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e78f37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e78f37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlmaz Negash is a recognized thought leader and sought-after expert on entrepreneurship, innovation, and investment for international markets, especially high growth African and Diaspora. Leveraging 25 plus years of experience in international trade, business management, and social innovation, Negash is able to build successful partnerships with a variety of stakeholders, including Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions, investors and entrepreneurs based in the USA and around the world. As a result, she is named as one of the 100 outstanding Silicon Valley Women of Influence for her work in social innovation. In 2010, Almaz founded African Diaspora Network (ADN) to inform and engage Africans in the diaspora and facilitate direct collaboration with social entrepreneurs, innovators, and business leaders to invest and improve the lives of everyone on the continent.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-860d692\" data-id=\"860d692\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7a6f23 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"e7a6f23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/stella.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3873\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;max-width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/stella.jpg 400w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/stella-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/stella-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Stella Opoku-Owusu<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Co-Executive Director, AFFORD<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c3688f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c3688f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStella has over 20 years\u2019 experience in the development sector at community, national and international levels, working with diaspora communities. She has extensive experience and knowledge of diaspora, migration and development, in policy and practice. Stella is responsible for overseeing AFFORD&#8217;s work on Diaspora Investment, Enterprise and Employment. She also oversees AFFORD\u2019s engagement with Diaspora &#038; Migrants, Network Building and Training. She was nominated Co-Chair for the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD &#8211; Quito) Civil Society Day 2019. Stella has provided expertise to governments on diaspora engagement policy through consultancy, training programmes and speaking engagements. In 2022, she was selected as a Steering Committee member of the UN\u2019s Migration Multi-Partnership Trust Fund.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-48201c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48201c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e87963\" data-id=\"0e87963\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c7d4e3 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"1c7d4e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/martin-russel.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3875\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;max-width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/martin-russel.jpg 400w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/martin-russel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/martin-russel-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Dr. Martin Russell<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Founder, Global Diaspora Insights<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27f5486 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27f5486\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMartin completed his PhD at the Clinton Institute (University College Dublin), where his research focused on strategic diaspora engagement in areas such as diaspora media, diaspora philanthropy, and diaspora politics. He is the founder of Global Diaspora Insights, which provides advisory, research, policy, and training on diaspora engagement through its in-house expertise and network of global experts. He was also a visiting fellow at the United Nations University in Maastricht and currently sits on the Advisory Board of Ireland Reaching Out, which is a volunteer-based, non-profit initiative that connects people of Irish heritage with their place of origin in Ireland. He is also an advisor at The Networking Institute, and in collaboration with colleagues at the Institute, he has worked in approximately 30 countries on diaspora engagement.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-191bc6c\" data-id=\"191bc6c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac8ae1d elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"ac8ae1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/urama.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4173\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;max-width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/urama.jpg 400w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/urama-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/urama-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Prof. Kevin Chika URAMA, FAAS<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Acting Chief Economists\/Vice President for Economic Governance &amp; Knowledge Management, African Development Bank Group<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96e6aa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96e6aa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKevin Chika URAMA, FAAS is currently the Acting Chief Economists\/Vice President for Economic Governance &#038; Knowledge Management, African Development Bank Group. He is also the Senior Director of the African Development Institute at the African Development Bank Group, responsible for shaping and leading the bank-wide capacity development in the Regional Member Countries (RMCs) to accelerate delivery of the High 5 priorities of the Bank, the 2030 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2063. Prof. Urama is an elected Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS); a Distinguished. Professor of the University of Nigeria; an Extra-Ordinary Professor in the School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, South Africa; an Adjunct Professor at the Sir Walter Murdoch School of Public Policy and International Affairs, Murdoch University, Western Australia, and an Expert Partner of the Africa Progress Group Chaired by Former President Olusegun Obasanjo.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3b39e8 elementor-align-right elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-fixed elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c3b39e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_opacity_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_opacity_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:36,&quot;end&quot;:80}},&quot;motion_fx_range&quot;:&quot;viewport&quot;,&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_opacity_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_opacity_level&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-up\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blueprints for Africa: Diaspora Engagement and Beyond Remittances Thursday, March 23, 10:55 AM &#8211; 12:10 PM PST Session Description What does the implementation progres of the UN SDGs look like on the continent? 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