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Why are #Africa and the #Caribbean still divided by visas? At #ACTIF2025 in #Grenada, PM @SkerritR of #Dominica called them “a colonial relic we continue to impose.” These artificial #barriers divide us when we should be uniting, limiting cultural exchange, blocking #knowledge transfer, and making #trade and #investment a challenge. PM @TerranceDrewSKN of St. Kitts and Nevis made a clear call for visa abolishment, and shared how an investment in St. Kitts was jeopardised because a businessperson could not get a visa to attend #ACTIF. And as @AlikoDangote stressed, removing these barriers opens doors for #entrepreneurship and #investment between the regions. It is time for deliberate #diplomacy to build real #AfriCaribbean integration and a visa‑free future. #GlobalAfrica #DiplomacyAI @afreximbank @_AfricanUnion @DNONews @DominicaOPM @discovdominica @SKNTimes @DangoteGroup

In only three years, @afreximbank has taken #AfriCaribbean ties from aspiration to action. 13 of 14 independent @CARICOMorg states are now partners. $3B committed by the Bank. A $200M Africa Trade Centre in #Barbados. Billions secured for projects across #Grenada, #Suriname, #Jamaica & beyond. This progress was not inevitable. Political will was vital, but it needed a #facilitator. Under Prof. Benedict Oramah, the Bank has become that bridge: convening leaders at #ACTIF and its Annual Meetings, brokering #investment, financing critical projects, and building the institutional foundations to turn decades of rhetoric into real #partnerships. Now it’s time to go further: air and sea links, a permanent #GlobalAfrica #Commission, a free trade area, and deeper collaboration in #technology, #education and #sport. We must ensure Africa and the Caribbean together take their place in the global #economy on their own terms. We look forward to seeing incoming President Dr. George Elombi take this partnership to the next level. @_AfricanUnion @AfreximResearch @govgd @pmogrenada #ACTIF2025 #AAM2025 #DiplomacyAI #SDGs #TradeFinance

At @afreximbank's #ACTIF2025, PMs @TerranceDrewSKN & @SkerritR made it clear: When it comes to #AfriCaribbean cooperation, the role of our governments is to create the right environment for #trade & #investment to flourish organically. Once those conditions are in place, our private sectors & local institutions will forge the connections that move people, #capital, goods & services across the #Atlantic. #Diplomacy is central to this. We need visa‑free travel, tax treaties, MOUs & joint economic committees that build #trust, reduce friction & let #business do what it does best. #GlobalAfrica #GlobalSouth #AAM2025 #Caribbean #Africa @_AfricanUnion @DNONews @SKNTimes @GlobalCaribbean @skngov @DominicaOPM

#Sport is more than trophies and medals. It is a platform for #diplomacy, bringing together #GlobalAfrica athletically, culturally, and economically. This year’s #UnityCup in London saw #Jamaica, #TrinidadandTobago, #Ghana & #Nigeria use #football to connect #Africa, the #Caribbean, and their diasporas through the love of the game. At #ACTIF2025, @afreximbank President, Prof. Oramah proposed a Global Africa Athletics Championship, using the dominance of African, Caribbean & #diaspora #athletes in track & field to drive deeper cultural, economic & diplomatic engagement. The #AUCARICOM Summit in Addis Ababa is the moment to make AfriCaribbean #SportDiplomacy real, embedding sport as a deliberate tool for lasting #partnership. @thenff @NGSuperEagles @ghanafaofficial @Ghanasoccernet @jff_football @TTFootballAssoc @fmydNG @moysgovgh @MCGESJamaica @MinSportTT @SAFA_net @KickOffMagazine @OfficialPSL Photo: The Standard

It’s time to cut out the middle‑man in #AfriCaribbean relations. For too long, links between #Africa & the #Caribbean relied on the 'facilitation' of former colonial powers. As @AfCFTA S-G @MeneWamkele pointed out at #ACTIF2025- this is a relic of dependence. The economic, cultural & logistical bridges across the Atlantic must be built directly, with our own institutions, on our own terms. @afreximbank @_AfricanUnion @CARICOMorg @papss_africa @AfDB_Group #AAM2025 #GlobalAfrica #DiplomacyAI

“It takes two hands to clap.” At #ACTIF2025, PM @miaamormottley made it clear that #AfriCaribbean cooperation is two‑sided. One side’s political will is not enough. For real progress, governments on both sides of the Atlantic must coordinate #policy, remove barriers, and create the conditions for transatlantic #trade, #investment, and #mobility. To make these hands meet, we need #diplomacy. That is why the upcoming #AU‑#CARICOM Summit in Addis Ababa matters- a launchpad for aligning priorities, identifying #opportunities, and building frameworks for meaningful long-term economic and cultural links. Because in the end, a clap only happens when both hands meet. #DiplomacyAI #GlobalAfrica #GlobalSouth #Caribbean #Africa @CARICOMorg @_AfricanUnion @afreximbank

A landmark moment for #ClimateJustice - and a triumph of #ClimateDiplomacy. In its largest case ever, the @CIJ_ICJ ruled that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a human right, affirming that all countries must act on #climatechange, with industrialised nations taking the lead. This was not inevitable. It was the result of strategic, persistent Climate Diplomacy led by #SIDS. @VanuatuUN, a nation of just 320,000 people, united its peers in @AOSISChair and secured support from 130+ countries to push this through the @UN General Assembly. It joins other SIDS-driven wins: @miaamormottley's #BridgetownInitiative, PM Gaston Browne’s #MVI push, and the creation of a Loss & Damage Fund. This is historic, but only a step. Scaling Climate Diplomacy is essential to turn these victories into real change. Read more here: tinyurl.com/mr43zu5t

Why is diplomacy so important for #AfriCaribbean growth? Diplomacy lays the foundation for #integration. Whether countries are pursuing a double tax agreement, a currency union, freedom of movement or harmonised regulations, #diplomats make partnership possible. Free movement of goods, services, #capital and people is essential for shared economic #growth. Initiatives like @AfCFTA, @papss_africa, and new freedom-of-movement agreements in @CARICOMorg prove that progress is possible. Scaling diplomatic efforts must be a priority to take integration to the next level. eGovern's #DiplomacyAI helps governments do exactly that. #AAM2025 #ACTIF2025 #Africa #GlobalAfrica #Diaspora @afreximbank @MeneWamkele @mfaguyana @MOFASur @RwandaMFA @oecscommission

Are borders holding back #AfriCaribbean growth? At #AAM2025, Prof. @mahbubani_k reminded us that being unified economies has fuelled the rise of #China and #India. Imagine if goods, people and #capital could move as freely across #Africa and the #Caribbean. Progress is happening. Last week, #Kenya removed visa req's for most African & Caribbean states. Initiatives like @AfCFTA and @papss_africa are powering >$200B in intra-African trade. But real #integration needs #diplomacy: aligning regulations, removing tariffs, and building cross-border partnerships. #DiplomacyAI helps governments do this at scale. Read more here: tinyurl.com/33pcmcx7 @MeneWamkele @NigeriaMFA @ForeignOfficeKE @afreximbank

Barbados is already leading the world’s 'Climate Finance Diplomacy'. Now it should own it. From Prime Minister @miaamormottley’s #BridgetownInitiative to debt-for-nature swaps and bonds with disaster clauses, Barbados is shaping the global agenda and setting the pace for real innovation. It is time to cement that leadership. A Centre of Excellence for #ClimateFinance could position Barbados as the hub for designing and exporting development finance solutions made for the #GlobalSouth- products, #partnerships and policy tools that move the system. eGovern's #DiplomacyAI can help scale that impact by connecting Barbados’ solutions to governments worldwide. #AAM2025 #FfD4 #GlobalAfrica #49HGC #SouthSouthCooperation #DebtJustice @AfDB_Group @the_IDB @OECD_Centre @UNFCCC @Caribank @CARICOMorg

@NAkufoAddo at #AAM2025: “If you do not control the institutions of finance, you cannot finance your development.” But Global South countries cannot fix a broken system alone. They must act together. eGovern's #DiplomacyAI gives #GlobalSouth foreign ministries the tools to act together and reshape the multilateral finance system. @afreximbank #GlobalAfrica #AfriCaribbean #Ghana #Africa #SouthSouthCooperation

The rules of global multilateral finance were not written by the #GlobalSouth. But they can be rewritten through South-South #diplomacy. #DiplomacyAI helps governments organise, coordinate, and lead a united front for reform, even with limited resources. #AAM2025 #BridgetownInitiative #AfriCaribbean #GlobalAfrica #SouthSouthCooperation @afreximbank @AfreximResearch @NAkufoAddo @africa_finance

H E Abdullah Amer Alswaha @McitGovSa “90% of training data is in English. There are just as many English speakers as Arabic speakers in the world.” @AiforGood @ITU #AIforGood

#SaudiArabia @McitGovSa Abdullah Alswaha discusses how we must act today. It took us 50 years to realise $16 trillion in the #digitaleconomy, and it will only take 5 years to do the same. @AiforGood @ITU #AIforGood

@EstonianGovt President @AlarKaris Discusses how #estonia has deployed 200+ #AI tools across government from museum passes to learning tech. 83% citizen satisfaction, aiming for 90% by 2024. Trust is social capital. Estonia is also supporting #Uganda & #Namibia and #botswana in the areas of health. #AI #DigitalGov #Estonia #eGovernance

#AIforGood: “The question was never whether we would catch up. It was always whether we would be able to use #AI as a true equaliser for our communities and our countries.” – @KateKallot, Founder & CEO of @AminiTech. For Africa, #AISovereignty starts with #SouthSouthCooperation- sharing #knowledge, #resources, and #strategy. #DiplomacyAI can be the engine behind those relationships. #GlobalAfrica #Diplomacy @AIforGood @ITU @UNOSSC #Caribbean

#AIforGood: “The #AI revolution is not being written in Silicon Valley. It is coming from #Manila, #Bridgetown, #Nairobi, #Accra, #Jakarta, #Bangui.” - @KateKallot, Founder & CEO of @AminiTech. #DiplomacyAI brings efficiency to #GlobalSouth diplomacy. And South-South Cooperation will power this #AIRevolution. @AIforGood @ITU #GlobalAfrica #GlobalSouth

“Power is not about controlling outcomes. It’s about controlling choices.” At #AIforGood, #GaiaVerse challenged us to rethink the role of #AI as a tool of planetary #stewardship and #regeneration. We created #DiplomacyAI to be the catalyst to help #AfriCaribbean governments work together - allowing them to collaborate on tech like #AgenticAI to solve shared environmental challenges, on their own terms. @AIforGood @ITU #GlobalAfrica #AfriCaribbean #Diplomacy #Cooperation