Air Peace, ADINA Summit Partner to Foster Africa-Diaspora Ties - By Daisy BARRO



Air Peace, Nigeria's leading airline, has taken a significant step in solidifying its commitment to fostering stronger ties between Africa and the continent's global diaspora by partnering with the Africa Diaspora Investment Network Alliance (ADINA) Summit 2024, held on December 27, 2024, at the Kempinski Gold Coast City Hotel in Accra.

The ADINA Summit brought together a diverse audience of African Diaspora investors, business leaders, and global institutions to discuss and advance the continent's economic potential. Accra, being a global hub for the African diaspora every December, provided the ideal setting for the summit, facilitating conversations around trade, investment, and economic empowerment, as well as presenting the diaspora as a significant force for Africa's economic transformation.

Head of Sales and Business Development at Air Peace, David Oyedemi, emphasized the airline's mission to connect Africa and its diaspora by highlighting the carrier's extensive network, which offers travel solutions for diasporans seeking to reconnect with their roots, explore their heritage, and invest in Africa's evolving markets. He also reaffirmed the airline's role as a driver of intra-African trade, enhancing connectivity to enable the movement of goods, services, and people.

The summit emphasized the critical role of diaspora remittances in bolstering local economies, with discussions focusing on the potential of this unique population to surpass traditional foreign direct investments. 

Besides stimulating resource deployment in Africa's burgeoning markets and enhancing connectivity for Africans in the diaspora, the present Air Peace-ADINA Summit partnership has the potential to yield other benefits for Africa's economic development such as amping up growth in tourism revenue; job creation and economic empowerment and the strengthening of ties between Africa and its global diaspora - fostering a sense of community and shared identity among people of African descent.

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