On 9 July 2022, the African Union, founded in Durban in 2002 as the successor to the Organization of African Unity to advance Africa’s social, societal and economic development in self-reliance and self-determination, celebrated its twentieth anniversary

While policymakers have tried to contribute to more German investment in Africa in recent years with initiatives such as the Compact with Africa Initiative, one aspect has so far been rather neglected both in practice and in research: the involvement of the African diaspora in the internationalisation of German companies on the African continent.

The German Africa Foundation sees a well-founded interest in Africa policy to combine the topics “promotion of German economic activities in Africa” and “African Diaspora in Germany” in order to identify future potentials and challenges and to address them in politics, economy and society.