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It was great to participate in the recent University of #Leicester Law School workshop on challenges and opportunities to reduce #remittance costs in line with the #SDGs. It was particularly refreshing to hear #World #Bank Dilip Ratha’s reflections.

Thank you all for the lovely birthday messages. It’s been heartwarming 🥰❤️❤️

It was a joy to participate in the conference on entrepreneurship, digital tech &creative collaborations between industry & the humanities and social sciences at #Università di #Napoli L’Orientale, showcasing some of the stellar work happening at our Institute of Digital Culture

It was a pleasure to host our expert colleagues for the workshop on #AI, emerging tech& remittances to Africa. Thanks in particular to my co-host George Ogola and also to Will Darler, Alan Desmond, Onyekachi Wambu, Hashim Duale& Abdikayf Farah for the spirited conversations.

It’s graduation day! It’s that time to bring out the wizard costume! 😆 Congratulations to all our graduates today who have all come a long way to achieve this. We’re celebrating them! 🎉🎈🥰

#MeCCSA2025 has kicked off! The brilliant Dr Gholam Khiabany is delivering his keynote

Super happy to have presented earlier today at the #MeCCSA2025 conference on African diaspora and cultural development. Thanks to all the colleagues who engaged so well

Day 2 at #MeCCSA2025 continues to be awesome. Some really inspiring research in media, communication and cultural studies is coming through which is heartening to see given the attacks on the sector we’ve been seeing. And Edinburgh is the perfect backdrop!

And it’s official! #MeCCSA2026 Will be hosted by our school at the University of Leicester. We’re excited! Special thanks to the key organiser Julian Shapiro Matthews

I've been a Labour supporter my entire life, my family also voted Labour their entire lives, (dad was a Tory though). The more and more I see of Zack Polanski, the more I am pulled towards The Green Party I like what he stands for and what they aim to achieve, hes the ONLY

“No peace without justice.” In this groundbreaking conversation, Fowsia A. Abdulkadir challenges us to confront a difficult truth: lasting peace in the Somali Region in Ethiopia and beyond, is impossible without justice. For the first time, Somalis are openly engaging with the

Such a joy to be in São Paulo, Brazil for the first time and experiencing the rich cultural histories that exist here. And the icing on the cake is to be in the company of the most fabulous cultural historian and curator ever Len Veras!

The exhibition at the Public Archives of the State of São Paulo on the work of #Luiz #Gama and his detailed descriptions book about formerly enslaved people is breathtaking. It brings them to life and created identity cards for them using artificial intelligence.

It’s been a real pleasure to speak at this year’s International Dialogue on Migration, a global platform organised every year by IOM - UN Migration. I was particularly heartened by the focus of our panel on #diaspora partnerships in #Africa and harnessing their full potential.

Data doesn’t lie!

Last piece of work before we sign off; expert commentary for BBC News on how diaspora communities can sometimes be drawn to conflicts occurring in their homelands. Have a great festive period all! www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co…

Gary Lineker, "I actually think that 80-90% of the country just want to get on with their lives, be friendly with their neighbours" "They don't look at people of different religions, skin colours, beliefs, traits, and think badly of them" "I think we're divided deliberately to

Have a wonderful new year folks! May 2026 bring much needed serenity to our turbulent world.

#Leadership Moment: When it mattered, Sadio Mane chose not mob rule but rationale nuanced thinking. Not emotional outburst, but considered response. Tonight, he defined what respect, class, and clarity look like. A true African icon. A TRUE LEADER. #AFCON2025 #LionOfTeranga