Global Diaspora Forum Annual Conference Schedule 2024

The Global Diaspora Forum Annual Conference Organized by Bandung Africa

Conference Themes:

A Pan African Dialogue On Criminal Justice System and Policing, Climate Change Agenda Post Cop29, Returning and Restoration of Historical African Artefacts, Historical and Current Injustices and Diaspora Investments and Entrepreneurship in East Africa; Building On the Legacy of The Bandung Conference Of 1955.

Conference Topics:

Reparations and the Return of African Artefacts
Political Unity and New African Liberation
De colonising Philanthropy on the Continent and in the Diaspora
The Mau Mau Legacy
Historical Injustices and Current Injustices
Extra-Judicial Killings and Police Brutality in the Diaspora and on the Continent;
The African Climate Change Agenda
Diaspora Investments and Entrepreneurial Opportunities in East Africa

Day One : Wednesday, December 4th 2024

8:00am - 9:00am

Registration and Breakfast

Delegates arrive at the conference venue.

9:00am - 9:05am

Opening Prayers by an Imam from Mombasa

9:05am - 9:15am

Cultural Performance by The Children of Mombasa:

“A Community Play: Our Rights, Our Future”

9:15am - 9:30am

Welcome Speech:

Welcoming Speech and Setting the Stage by – Mrs. Yetunde Asika
The Bandung Legacy: Judge D. Peter Herbert O.B.E. (Rtd.)
The Imperative Foundation: The Call for Action by – Mr. Adeoti Oguntoye

9:30am - 9:45am

Topic: - The Bandung Legacy: Le Francophone c’est Mort?

Potential Speakers:

Congresswoman Ilhan Abdullahi Omar – Member of Democratic Party – Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District – (USA)
Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf – The former ICJ President
Ambassador Ann Thuita – The State Department for Diaspora Affairs

9:45am - 10:00am

Keynote Topic: - “The Future: Our Laws or the Laws of the Colonizer?”

Speaker: – Dr. Willy M. Mutunga, EGH – Intellectual Reform Activist – (Former Chief Justice of Kenya)

Keynote Topic: – “The Brattle Report: Reparations vs Anti-Racism”

Speaker: – Professor Justin Hansford (Howard University) Permanent Forum for the People of African Descent (PFPAD)

10:00am - 10:15am

Speech Topic: - “Police Brutality and Extra-Judicial Killings of Africans Globally”

Keynote Speaker: – Mr. Benjamin Crump – Civil Rights Lawyer – USA

Mrs. Faith Odhiambo: – The President – Law Society of Kenya

10:15am - 11:30am

Panel discussion: “Police Brutality and Extra-Judicial Killings of Africans Globally”

Panel Chair: Mr. Donald Deya – Chief Executive Officer of the Pan African Lawyers Union-(PALU)

Panelists:

Mrs. Faith Odhiambo: – The President – Law Society of Kenya
Mr. Andy George, President of the National Black Police Association
Mr. Davinder Lamba: Chairperson – Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC)
Supt. Robyn Williams: Former Borough Commander – Metropolitan Police Service
Mr. Irungu Houghton Kenya Director, Amnesty International
Mr. Peter Ouko: Founder/Executive Director – Crime Si Poa
Attorney Gerald Griggs: Civil Rights Attorney – President Georgia NAACP
Mr. Joshua Okayo: – Student Leader – Kenya School of Law

11:30am - 11:45am

Refreshments - Break

11:45am - 1:00pm

Four Workshops:

1. Police Accountability on the Continent Convenors:

Mr. Lee Jasper: – Former Policing Adviser to the Mayor of London
Prof. Marion Mutungi: Kenya National Commission of Human Rights (KNCHR)

2. Are Human Rights for Police and Prison Officers?

Convenors:

Mr. Hamisi Azara – Legal Trainer – Justice Defender
Mr. Irungu Houghton – Director for Amnesty International, Kenya

3. Challenges To The Independence of The Judiciary

Convenors:

Hon. Justice Isaac Lenaola – Judge of The Supreme Court of Kenya
Judge Mahamud Elmi – Judge – Ontario Court of Canada
Mr. Beryn Duncanson: – Attorney – Turks and Caicos Islands

4. Can we end the “War on Drugs?”

Convenors:

Mr. Viv Ahmun – Director of Blaksox (UK)
Professor George Luchiri Wajackoyah – Legal Practitioner; Independent Political Campaigner and Presidential election 2022
Ms. Veronic Wright: – UN Counsel for United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime

1:00pm - 2:00 pm

Buffet Lunch

2:00pm - 2:15pm

The Canadian Model Action: Can Radical Litigation Work?

Mr. Nicholas Marcus Thompson: Canadian Black Class Action Secretariat – (BCAS)

2:15pm - 3:30pm

Panel Discussion: - “Reparations, Return of African Artefacts: Can this work for Africa?

Chair: Dr. Johnny Mack, Adviser to Al Sharpton

Panelist:

Mrs. Aisha Adamu – Director General at the Centre for Black and African Arts & Civilisation (CBAAC), an agency domiciled at the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture & Creative Economy
Juma Ondeng: Adviser to the PS Culture, Heritage
Ms. Hodan Ahmed: UN Fellow UNDPAD
Dr. Mark Elliott: Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology
Attorney Nicholas Marcus Thompson: Canadian BCAS
Professor Laura van Broekhoven: – Director, Pitt Museum, Oxford University
Professor George Abungu: Australia National University
Ms. Jacqueline McKenzie: – Partner and Lawyer – Leigh Day

3:30pm - 3:45pm

Refreshments

3:45pm - 5:00pm

Four Workshops

1. The 1090 – The Mau Mau Legacy:

Convenors:

Dr. Myrna Kalsi – Co. Chair – Bandung Africa.
Professor Marion Wanjiku Mutugi – Commissioner – Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights- (KNCHR)
Ms. Evelyne Kimathi: Director – Dedan Kimathi Foundation

2. Radical Litigation

Convenors:

Gaynel Curry: Permanent Forum for People of African Descent (PFPAD)
Dr. Amara Enyia (Open Society: Chair, Civil Society PFPAD)

3. Apologies or just show me the money?

Convenors:

H.E. Ambassador Silvio Albuquerque: – Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Itamaraty)
Ms. Liggia Batista: Instituto Marielle Franco, Sao Paulo, Brazil

4. Returning our Heritage

Convenors:

Dr. Mark Elliot – Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology
Mr. Juma Ondeng – Advisor Culture – Ministry of Gender, Culture, The Arts and Heritage, Kenya
Mr.J. Cole: – American Rapper and Record Producer

5:00pm - 5:30pm

Keynote Speech: - “Free Palestine-What is our after Future after Genocide?”

Speaker: – His Excellency, Hon. Hazem M. Shabat: The Palestinian Ambassador to Kenya

Keynote Topic: – “De-colonizing Africa: Is this new African Liberation?”

Ambassodor (Dr.) Amina Chawahir Mohammed Jibril – Lawyer and Former Cabinet Secretary (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Republic of Kenya)

5:30pm - 5:35pm

Closing Remarks: Conference Chairs:

Mrs. Yetunde Asika (Bandung Africa), Mr. Adeoti Oguntoye (The Imperative)

Day Two: Thursday, December 5th 2024

8:00am - 9:00am

Registration and Breakfast

Delegates arrive at the conference venue.

9:00am - 9:10am

Prayers and Opening Remarks

Prayers by Imam/Bishop
Welcome Remarks: Conference Co-Chair: (Rtd.) Judge D Peter Herbert O.B.E.

9:10am - 9:30am

Indigenous Dance Group – Swahili/Maasai

9:30am – 9:45am

Keynote Speech: - “Whose land is this anyway”?

Speakers:

Mrs. Florence Wairimu Muturi – Chief Executive Officer – Law Society of Kenya
Ms. Gertrude Mwangi, Vice Chair, Kenya Land Commission

9:45am – 11:00 am

Panel Discussion: -: Historical & Current Land Injustices; (Blood, Sweat and Tea)

Panel Chair:

Mr. Errol Robinson – Solicitor – Society of Black Lawyer

Panelists:

Ms. Faith Alubbe CEO: Kenya Land Alliance
Dr. Duncan Ojwang – Dean of Law Faculty, African Nazerene University
Hon. Bell Ribeiro-Addy M.P. (U.K.)
Hon. Vanita Banks: Past President National Bar Association
Mr. Saaya Tema – Maasai Activist – Activist Kenya
Honourable Stephen Mule M.P. National Assembly Committee on Culture and Heritage
Professor Nicholas Githuku: Buffalo University USA
SOM speaker

11:00am - 11:15 am

Refreshments

11:15am – 1:00 pm

Four Workshops:

1. How can we de-colonise African Philanthropy

Convenors:

Mr. Adeoti Oguntoye, The Imperative
Mr. Evans Okinyi: CEO The East African Philanthropic Network
Ms. Salome Ndichu – Wewot Kenya

2. How do we challenge multinationals to overcome Historical Injustices?

Convenors:

Mr. Kimutai Bosek: Attorney at Law
Guy Chambers: – Managing Partner and Founder – 101 Partners

3. Can Civil Society meet the needs of African people?

Convenors:

Mrs. Muthoni Wanyeki: Former Open Society Director
Mr. Shane Ryan: Strategic Adviser, The National Lottery Community Fund

4. Accountability for African Leaders

Convenors:

Dr. Willy Mutunga (Former Chief Justice of Kenya)
Mr. Donald Deya (CEO- Pan African Lawyers Union)

1:00 – 2:00pm

Refreshments

2:00pm – 3.30pm

Panel Discussion: “COP 29- Can we have an African Agenda?”

Panel Chair: H.E. Hon. Alexander Mcdonald – Commissioner for Barbados (Caricom)

Panelists:

Dr. Ali Adan Ali: – Senior Lecturer Geosciences and Environment and NEMA Lead Expert.
Mr. Kaddu Kiwe Sebunya: – President of the African Wildlife Fund: – Africa Wildlife Conservation
Ms. Ruth Sebatindiri: Attorney and Counsel to Uganda Telecom
Professor Anthony Nyong: – Director for Climate Change at African Development Bank (AFDB)
Ms. Fardosa Mustafa: Safisha Saturday

3.30pm – 3.45pm

Refreshments

3.45pm – 5.00pm

Four Workshops:

Four Workshops:

1. Waste management and water harvesting in Africa

Convenors:

Dr. Adan Ali, UMA University and NEMA Authority
Hon. Jacqueline Koin – Resilience Envoy – Alliance For Science

2. Renewable energy

3. Zero plastics

Convenors:

Dr. Mamo Boru Mamo: – Director General of National Environment Management Authority.

4. The Blue Agenda

Convenors: Prof. James Njiru: – Chief Executive Officer – Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, (KMFRI)

Ms. Lilian Mulupi: – Program Officer – (Marine Conservation) – The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Dr. Ali Said Matano: – Blue Economy and Transboundary Water and Environmental Expert
Dr. James Mwaluma: – Chief Research Scientist and Acting Director Oceans and Coastal Systems (DOCS) at KMFRI Headquarters Mombasa.

5:00pm - 5.30pm

Carbon Credits: Colonialism by the Green Back Door

Professor PLO Lumumba: – Lawyer and Director of The Kenyan School of Law
Mr. Larry Madowo: – CNN International Correspondent.

5.30pm – 5.45pm

Closing

Closing Remarks from Chairs of the Conference, Vote of Thanks, and Closing prayer from The Religious Alliance of Kenya.

Day Three: Friday, December 6th 2024

8:00am – 9:00am

Registration and Breakfast

9:00am – 9:10am

Opening Prayers by the Bishop of Mombasa and Welcoming Remarks by Mrs. Yetunde Asika: - The Co. Chair of Bandung Africa.

9:10am – 9:20am

A Mombasa Orphanage: Drama of Sustainable Employment

9:20am – 9:45 am

Keynote Address:

His Excellency Jabril Ibrahim Abdulle: – The Somali Ambassador to Kenya Topic: Is the Federal Republic of Somalia Open for Business- Where do we invest our time, talents and capital?

9:45am – 10:00am

Keynote Topic: “Creating Generational Wealth on the Continent through Investment”

Speaker:

Kola Ogunsilire, Co-Founder Aksum Capital limited (TBC)
Mr. Tumelo Gopane Managing Director – ERWAT Hartebeestfontein Office – Johannesburg, South Africa

10:00am – 11:30am

Panel discussion: “Diaspora Investment and Entrepreneurship in Somalia”

Chair: Mr. Junaid Egale – Attorney. United Law Chambers (FRS)

Ambassador Mohamed Affey – UNHCR Special Envoy
Mr. Mohamed Aden Osman – CEO Eastleigh Business District Association
Mr. Mohamed Abdulle – Managing Dakawou
Mr. Mustafa Ramadhan: – Chairman – Mombasa Chamber of Commerce
Mrs. Amina Morghe Hersi – Somali Business Woman, Uganda
Ms. Halima Adan – Former Global Model for modest Attire;

11:30am -11:45am

Refreshments

11:45pm -12:00pm

Keynote Speech: De-colonizing Philanthropy

Speakers:

Senator Raphael Warnmock – US Congress

12:00pm -1:00pm

Panel Topic: - Reparations and Philanthropy.

Panel Chair: Mr. Adeoti Oguntoye

Panelists:

Mr. Evans Okinyi – East African Philanthropy Network (EAPN)
Mr. Ken Jones – Chief Operating Officer and Chief Equity Officer – MacArthur Foundation
Mr. Russell Wiggington – President – National Civil Rights Museum
Mr. Olu Fann – American Hip hop Artist – EarthGang
Ms. Malika Jabali – Journalist, Author and Activist – Essence Magazine
Mr. Darren Walker – President – Ford Foundation
Mr. Michael McAfee – President and Chief Executive Officer – Policy Link.

Buffet Lunch

1:00pm – 2:00pm

2:00pm – 2:15 pm

Topic: Monetising African Carbon Credits

Speakers:

Co-Founder Aksum Capital limited
Prof Charles Inyangete, Pioneer Chief Executive Officer- Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company (NMRC)

2:15pm – 3:30 pm

Panel discussion: Opening African Boarders.

Panel Chair: Mrs. Yetunde Bintu Asika – Bandung Africa Co. Chair

Panelists:

Dr. Janelle Williams: – CEO and Co. Founder AWBI
Ms. Chim Chalemera Lungu – British Council – Country Director for the UK Government Department for Business and Trade.
Ambassador Yusuf Yunusa – Nigeria High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya.
Dr. Calton Brown – UK Black Business Entrepreneur.
Mrs. Sharon Njoroge – 88 Nairobi (Lordship Africa)
Ms. Christa Mupfasoni – Founder and Chief Executive Officer – Texa Medical Industries
Mr. Chuka Udemezue: -Barrister – Malins Chambers (UK)
Mr. Justin Kisoka: – Tanzania -Ministry of Foreign Affairs – (Diaspora Dept)

3:30pm – 3:45pm

Refreshments

3:45pm – 5:00pm

Four Workshops

1. Diaspora Investment in Africa.

Convenor: Dr. Janelle Williams: Chief Executive Officer and Co. Founder AWBI

Mr. Chuka Udemezue: Barrister – Malins Chambers, UK

2. African Continental Free Trade Area.

Convenor: Honorable Ambassador Yusuf Yunusa – Nigeria High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya – (TBC)

Ms. Christa Mupfasoni: – Founder and CEO of Texa Medical Industries
Mr. Justin Kisoka: – Tanzania -Ministry of Foreign Affairs – (Diaspora Dept.)

3. Infrastructure investment (Trains, Planes and automobiles).

Convenor: Chim Chalemera Lungu, Former Country Director for the UK Governments Department for Business and Trade, British Council

Dr. Erick Rutto: – Chamber President – Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry – (KNCCI).

4. Law, Governance, and accountability.

Convenors: Attorney Gerald Griggs: – Civil Rights Attorney – President Georgia NAACP;

5:00pm – 5:15pm

Keynote Speech: Building On the Legacy of The Bandung Conference of 1955

Speaker:

MP David Lammy – The British Foreign Secretary
Hon. Yvonne Amiyo Bradle –Amolo – M.P Zurich, CH.

5:15pm – 5:30pm

Keynote Speech: “History of Innovation from Nok to Web 3.0- The value of our antient Artefacts and the Inception of Technology”

Speakers: Nze Emeka Ed Keazor, Historian, Lawyer, Author and Documentary Filmmaker

5:30pm – 5:45pm

Closing Remarks & Vote of Thanks

Conference Co-Chairs: Mrs Asika; Mr Adeoti Oguntoye & Judge Peter Herbert O.B.E. (Rtd)