Danso Financial Podcast
Episode 12: 'Year of Return'
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:46:23
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Synopsis
The Danso Financial Team kicks off the first episode of the 2020 year discussing 2019's year of return. The year of return is an initiative of the government of Ghana that is intended to encourage African diasporans to come to Africa (specifically Ghana) to settle and invest in the continent. It was formally launched by President Nana Akufo-Addo in September 2018 in Washington, D.C. as a program for Africans in the diaspora to unite with Africans. The year 2019 is symbolic as it commemorates 400 years since the first enslaved Africans touched down in Jamestown, Virginia in the United States. The program also recognizes the diaspora's achievements and sacrifices in the time since that event. The Ghana Tourism Authority and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture have lined up a slate of activities in “celebration of the resilience of the African spirit.” On this Episode the guys also discuss famous musician and entrepreneur Akon and his successful reinvestment in his native homeland of Senegal by takin