Initiative To Connect Nigerians, Diaspora Via Business, Culture

An initiative, Diaspora Returns: Beyond Business Borders has planned to reconnect Africans successful the Diaspora with their roots done taste immersion and concern partnerships.

The programme volition besides make caller opportunities crossed culture, tourism, and concern arsenic good arsenic brought unneurotic partners from Nigeria and the United States to fortify ties done the nation’s taste and originative industries.

Speaking astatine the event, laminitis and CEO of Strategic Solutions Global Nancy Aragbaye, said that the initiative’s operations volition footwear disconnected successful November 2025 erstwhile the archetypal radical of implicit 50 diasporans from the United States would sojourn Nigeria for the archetypal time.

Aragbaye noted, “This goes beyond tourism; we are present to commencement a question that reconnects the diaspora to Africa with intention; to invest, collaborate, and physique cross-continental business. Nigeria is simply a starring federation crossed the diaspora.

When Nigeria gets it right, Africa gets it right, and erstwhile Africa gets it right, the satellite gets it right,” she stated.

Aragbaye besides highlighted the project’s extremity of documenting the reconnection travel of African Diasporans connected film, which volition make caller opportunities successful the originative industry.

“I judge successful planetary commerce, and I cognize that is what is going to propel Africa, and that is what is going to disturbance the renaissance of Africa. Those who are yearning to instrumentality with intention, bring your talents, skills, resources, and investments backmost present truthful jobs tin beryllium created and concern tin beryllium done decently connected a planetary level,” she said.

She emphasised that the programme volition not lone beforehand tourism but besides physique cross-continental concern and collaboration. They judge this volition solidify Nigeria’s presumption arsenic a cardinal hub for diaspora engagement.

The project, a collaboration betwixt Strategic Solutions Global (Atlanta), Waterlight Save Initiative (Georgia), East Point Atlanta Convention and Visitors Tourism Bureau (USA), Palton Morgan Holdings (Lagos), and Eko Hotel and Suites (Lagos), is scheduled to statesman successful November 2025. This inaugural cohort volition see 50 U.S.-based participants.

Aragbaye expressing her excitement for the documentary facet of the task said, “I’m besides excited to stock that this is going to beryllium captured due to the fact that we’re turning this into a film, which volition beryllium led by me. People successful the diaspora speech astir Africa Rich Namus, Housewives of Lagos, but they’ve ne'er seen a movie that captures the diaspora successful a almighty mode that showcases the quality and precocious level of concern of Africa.”

She noted that the archetypal cohort volition see a radical of “Diaspora Advocates,” including existent property mogul Kiana Watson, philanthropist Ashley Riewert, and manner powerhouses Maxie J and Simon Tucker.

Also, president of the East Point Atlanta Convention and Visitors Tourism Bureau Chantel Francois, explained the collaboration betwixt Lagos and Atlanta, citing their beardown taste and economical similarities. “Atlanta has a ample Nigerian assemblage of implicit 20,000 people.

This transportation enriches our assemblage and creates a earthy bridge. With nonstop regular flights betwixt Lagos and Atlanta, we are well-positioned to fortify tourism, culture, and business,” she explained.

Francois emphasized the convenience of question betwixt the 2 cities. “We’ve had truthful galore radical sojourn our metropolis successful East Point who are from the diaspora. We’ve had the First Lady of Liberia. We’ve had visitors from Ghana, Nigeria, of course”.

“We’re looking guardant to hosting each of you successful 2026 erstwhile the diaspora returns,” she added, highlighting the seamless entree provided by Delta Airlines’ regular non-stop work betwixt Lagos and Atlanta.