The first day of the 5^th African Diaspora Agrofood Forum was a success and we look forward to welcoming you to the Meise Botanic Garden for the agrofood exhibition on the final day of the forum.

Speakers at  the first day of the forum,  reiterated the relevance of African Diasporas in the development of Africa and the need to include them in policy making. Speakers from OACP, COLEACP, FAO, Nigerian embassy, ADEPT, King Baudouin Foundation and Anteja shared information about their engagement with the diaspora and  different resources that are accessible to African Diaspora Agrofood Entrepreneurs.

The distinguished speakers at the forum included Mr Escipión J. Oliveira Gómez, Assistant Secretary General, Organization of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States( OACPS), Mr Jeremy Knops, General Delegate COLEACP, Mr Raschad AlKhafaji, Director, FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium, Mr Maxy Ogbede, minister and Head of Chancery Nigerian Embassy Belgium, Carine Nsoudou, Director, Africa-Europe Diaspora Development Platform (ADEPT), African entrepreneurs and experts in entrepreneurship.

We look forward to welcoming you to the second day of African agrofood exhibition at the Meise Botanic Garden Belgium. We have stands set up among tropical plants in the plant palace of the beautiful garden.

We look forward to welcoming you. We will share a more detailed report about the forum later.