2nd Annual CGA-APRM Conference

Conference Background and Targets

Consistent with the 2018 APRM and CGA Partnership Accord to create structural designs for Historically Black Colleges

Universities (HBCUs) and Diaspora stakeholders to contribute to Africa’s development as per the AU’s historic designation

of the Diaspora as the Sixth Region, the conference will merge and apply the collective intellectual capital and resource

potential of Africa-Diaspora entities towards the following solution-oriented ideals and implementations:

▪ Food and Seed Security Innovations to Fortify Africa’s Agro-Industry and Food Value Chains

▪ Formalizing Diaspora Investment and Trade Relations as Tools of Joint Development

▪ Bridging the Africa-Diaspora Divide through Youth, Media, and Pan-African Initiatives