Anthropologist and author Mr. Francis Njubi Nesbitt will look at the reality of the diaspora today and its role in African development (remittances, brain drain/gain etc). Mr. Elvis Ndubuisi Iruh (publisher/editor in chief of The Voice), together with the audience, will discuss examples of ways migrant Africans can be more creatively engaged (socially, politically aswell as economically), supported by constructive government policies. Ginger da Silva of Radio Netherlands will moderate the discussion.