One Africa.
One Voice.
A Global Diaspora.
Uniting Africans in the diaspora for participation in world peace, civic liberty, human rights, conflict resolution, security and economic development through leadership excellence in host countries.
ICAD Diaspora Database Development
Structured knowledge-building on African diaspora communities is an ongoing area of ICAD's work.
View Our Work →Nigeria Independence Day — Book Launch & Awards
A record of ICAD's landmark leadership excellence and diaspora awards programme.
View Event →“A Call to Service” — Moses O.T. Owharo
The founding publication behind ICAD's diaspora advocacy vision.
Read More →Next Diaspora Leadership Forum
Details of ICAD's next programme will appear here once confirmed by the secretariat.
Get Notified →“Re-awakening leadership commitment to the issues affecting Africans in the diaspora.”
Peace
Human Rights
Leadership
Security
Economic Development
Diaspora Participation
One Community · Many Cities
Where ICAD directs its energy
Eight interlocking areas of activity drive ICAD's work with diaspora communities, host governments and continental institutions.
Leadership Excellence Awards
Recognising heads of state, legislators, jurists, diplomats and corporate leaders whose good governance and integrity advance Africa and her diaspora.
Diaspora Summits
Creating platforms for dialogue, networking and policy engagement between diaspora associations, host governments and continental institutions.
Human Rights & Anti-Trafficking
Supporting the human rights, dignity and protection of Africans in diaspora, and standing against exploitation and trafficking.
Conflict Resolution & Security
Promoting peace, constructive dialogue and security cooperation across host countries and the African continent.
Inside an ICAD programme
A record of ICAD's 2017 Nigeria Independence Day programme in Accra, Ghana — presented as an archive example of how ICAD's events are documented.
Founder of the International Community of Africans in Diaspora (ICAD), Moses Okeoghene Timothy Owharo, was the first democratically elected Executive President of the All Nigerian Community, Ghana (ANC-GH).
Seeing the challenges facing Africans in the diaspora — deprivation of voting rights, and exclusion from national and international policy-making — he felt the diaspora needed one voice under one umbrella body. This vision became ICAD.
A presence across three countries
Nigeria
Be part of the movement
However you'd like to engage with ICAD, there's a place for you in this global community.