Ghanaian Cocoa – A Road Beyond Fair? Is Cocoa fair? The Netherlands is the main importer of cocoa, and 85% of the beans come from West Africa, after which it then truly starts to be processed and its significant value addition begins. How fair is fair trade? Can you be part of Read more…
Watch this video to find out more about the different thesis and internship opportunities you can do with AIM. What has been done: AIM asked the WUR Science Shop to do 1) research on the transition toward fairer cocoa trade and 2) research on health care initiatives of African Diaspora in Ghana Read more…
On the 5th of April Engineers Without Borders organized another Design Challenge Day. Professionals from different companies in the Netherlands teamed up and worked on some tough challenges. Africa In Motion contributed with a challenge from Rwanda: Knowing that paper production is one of the commercial applications of banana by-products, Read more…
On the 5th of April, Africa In Motion is collaborating with Engineers Without Borders on a new design challenge. Engineers work in teams on life changing solutions for real problems that poor communities face. One of the challenges is introduced by Africa In Motion. An innovative Rwandan start-up likes to Read more…
Afrikadag 2019 Afrikadag, dé dag over Afrika en internationale samenwerking, georganiseerd door FEPS en FMS, vindt dit jaar plaats op 13 april in het KIT in Amsterdam. Met ‘Migration: African perspectives’ als hoofdthema gaan de bezoekers in tientallen politieke debatten, workshops en lezingen rechtstreeks in gesprek met politici, professionals en Read more…
Antony Otieno Ong’ayo – board member of Africa In Motion – has completed his PhD on the engagement of diaspora. The study addresses the challenges inherent in diaspora engagement initiatives by policy makers, aimed at harnessing the development potential of migration through remittances. It emphasises the collective dimensions of diaspora development potential Read more…
Africa In Motion has been lobbying to get diaspora more involved in Dutch policy. Due to the effort of AIM, a member of the Dutch parliament has asked ms. Kaag, the minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, how she is planning to involve diaspora. Many people in diaspora in the Read more…