The Diaspora Summit 2025 is a global platform convened by the Government of Ghana to advance a united call for reparative justice, healing, and the restoration of dignity for Africans and people of African descent worldwide. Rooted in the understanding that the legacies of slavery, colonialism, racial violence, and systemic dispossession continue to shape contemporary economic and social conditions, the Summit engages Heads of State, thought leaders, scholars, activists, cultural institutions, and diaspora communities in charting a future grounded in justice and historical truth.

The first day of the Summit focuses on the quest for reparations, drawing on the African Union’s commitment to collective action, Afro-Caribbean solidarity, and the moral imperative to repair the profound harm caused by centuries of exploitation and erasure. It seeks not only acknowledgment and redress, but also reconciliation, psychological healing, cultural revitalization, and the restoration of African agency in shaping our global destiny.

Building on this foundation, the second day of the Summit explores the transformative vision of recognizing the diaspora as Ghana’s ‘17th Region’—a formal extension of the nation’s social, economic, and cultural architecture. With millions of Ghanaians and people of African descent living across the world and contributing significantly to development through knowledge exchange, investment, innovation, creative industries, and community leadership, the Summit seeks to strengthen sustainable, structured, and mutually beneficial partnerships. It promotes new frameworks for diaspora participation in national development, while reaffirming Ghana’s historic role as a homeland for Pan-African identity, belonging, and return. The Summit thus serves as a foundation for a renewed era of unity, shared purpose, and collaborative progress between Ghana, Africa, and the global African family.