Value proposition

Empowering African Diaspora Youth through💡Entrepreneurship, 👔Employability & 🤝Civic Engagement

Twitter: @forum_ADYFE
Co-Chairpersons: Youssouf Simbo Diakité (Vienna) & Karen Kaneza (Brussels).

The African Diaspora Youth Forum in Europe (ADYFE) is the largest African Diaspora Youth empowerment platform in Europe, providing services focusing on Youth Entrepreneurship, Diaspora employability and civic engagement. Further, ADYFE actively advocates and lobbies in favor of these matters, effectively bridging the gap between Africa and Europe, as well as contributing to Africa's socio-economic development by for instance participating at relevant conferences, including the:

• 2018 High-Level Forum Africa-Europe in Vienna, Austria
• 2018 Forum des Diasporas Africaines in Paris, France
• 4th Africa-Europe Youth Summit in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
• YPII - 2017 African Union-European Union Youth Plug-In Initiative in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia & Brussels, Belgium

ADYFE promotes Youth entrepreneurship as means of contributing to an inclusive and sustainable economic development in Africa by connecting and supporting stakeholders from different fields (including aspiring and established entrepreneurs, investors, eco-system enablers, politicians and experts from international organizations). The yearly forum is organized under the AcceleratedAfricaConference+ brand in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and the Austria Federal Economic Chamber (WKO) at the UN in Vienna, Austria.

As of 2019, seven editions have taken place. The focus changes on a yearly basis:

• 2018: "From Entrepreneur to CEO: Channeling the Power of the Diaspora"​
• 2017: "Sharpening the Entrepreneurial Mindset by providing FinTech Solutions and fostering South-South, North-South & Triangular cooperation"​

During the summit, the main activities include a entrepreneurship pitch competition, as well as Diaspora business talks (testimonials from successful entrepreneurs) and training for aspiring entrepreneurs and startups.

Youth Entrepreneurship, Diaspora Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Capacity building, African Diaspora, Diaspora engagement, Diaspora advocacy, South-South cooperation, North-South cooperation, and Triangular cooperation